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Deaths from COVID-19 cross 100 during 24 hours in Pakistan

Deaths from COVID-19 cross 100 during 24 hours in Pakistan
April 7, 2021

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Pakistan has reported 102 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 15,026 on Wednesday.

According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) showed the 4,004 fresh infections were reported during the 24 hours as the number of positive cases has surged to 700,188

During the period of a day, the total count of active cases was recorded at 64,373 and the positivity rate stood at 9.6 per cent.

The health facilities across the country conducted 41,699 coronavirus detection tests, taking the total number of COVID-19 tests to 10,535,061 since the first case was reported.

According to the statistics, 124 patients were declared critical, adding to the total number of patients suffering from sensitive health condition up to 3,769.

Overall 620,789 people have recovered from the virus including 2,631 who have regained their health from COVID-19 during the past 24 hours.

Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 6,731 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,516 in Sindh, 2,496 in KP, 584 in Islamabad, 380 in Azad Kashmir, 212 in Balochistan, and 103 in GB.

Furthermore 267,238 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 237,594 in Punjab, 93,862 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 62,775 in Islamabad, 19,942 in Balochistan, 13,713 in Azad Kashmir and 5,064 in Gilgit-Baltistan.