Pakistan records 6,137 corona infections, 28 deaths in 24 hours

ISLAMABAD,: Pakistan has registered 6,137 coronavirus infections and 28 deaths during the last 24 hours (Friday), showed the statistics released by National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday morning.

As per the latest NCOC data, after the addition of 28 new deaths, the overall toll has now surged to 29,448 whereas the number of total infections now stood at 1,454,800 after adding the fresh 6,137 cases.

During the last 24 hours (Friday), 63,413 tests were conducted throughout Pakistan whereas the positivity ratio stood at 9.67 percent. The number of patients in critical care was 1,649.

During the last 24 hours (Friday), as many as 16,347 patients have recovered from the virus whereas the total recoveries stood at 1,333,732. As of Saturday, the total count of active cases in the country was recorded at 91,620.

As many as 549,872 coronavirus cases have so far been confirmed in Sindh, 487,407 in Punjab, 200,710 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 130,872 in Islamabad, 34,711 in Balochistan, 40,355 in Azad Kashmir and 10,873 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Moreover, 13,230 individuals have lost their lives to the pandemic in Punjab so far, 7,878 in Sindh, 6,037 in KP, 985 in Islamabad, 761 in Azad Kashmir, 368 in Balochistan and 189 in Gilgit Baltistan.