COVID-19: Pakistan reports less than 50 daily deaths for 10th consecutive day

ISLAMABAD, 23 June: Pakistan recorded another 38 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the latest data issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) Thursday morning.

This makes it the 10th consecutive day that deaths from the virus in a single day have been less than 50.

The positivity rate went up to 2.39% from the previous day’s 2.04%.

According to the NCOC’s latest statistics, 46,124 coronavirus tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, out of which 1,097 returned positive.

The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the country so far has reached 22,108 and the total number of cases has reached 951,865, while 896,821 people have recovered from the virus so far.

During the last 24 hours, the most deaths occurred in Punjab followed by Sindh. Out of the 38 people who died, 17 died on ventilators.

According to a province-wise breakdown, the total active COVID-19 cases stand at 12,782 in Sindh, 17,761 in Punjab, 9,910 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 3,906 in Islamabad Capital Territory, 768 in Balochistan, 367 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 630 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) claimed 39 people more lives in Pakistan during the previous 24 hours, taking the nationwide death toll to 22,073.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 930 new cases of the virus emerged when 45,519 samples were tested during this period, taking the country’s caseload to 950,768.

It said the Covid-19 infection rate was recorded at 2.04.

The number of people who have recovered from the disease since the first case of the pandemic was reported in the country climbed to 895,690 after 1,338 more people recuperated in the last 24 hours. As of June 23, as many as 7,267,000 people have been partially vaccinated