-1303 new cases, 47 more deaths reported across Country
-NCOC decides to further accelerate Vaccination process in AJK, GB
By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: The COVID-19 has claimed 47 more lives and infected 1,303 people over the past 24 hours.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data, 47 more people lost their lives. The overall death toll has surged to 21,576, while 1,303 new COVID-19 cases surfaced when 40,483 samples were tested during this period. The positivity rate in the country witnessed a minor surge and was recorded at 3.21% during the past 24 hours.
The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 climbed to 937,434 out of which 43,618 are active. 2,841 patients are in critical care in various hospitals across the country.
1,874 more people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of recovered patients to 873,543. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Punjab has reported a total of 343,499 cases, Sindh 343,499, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 135,383, Islamabad 82,001, Balochistan 26,084, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 19,675, and Gilgit Baltistan 5,682.
Earlier in the day, NCOC has decided to further accelerate the vaccination process in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan. During a meeting chaired by Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, it was decided that the federal government will establish big vaccination centers and constitute mobile teams to speed up vaccination in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.
In a tweet, Asad Umar said that it is imperative to expedite vaccination in Azad Kashmir for the elections and in Gilgit Baltistan in view of the tourism season.
COVID in Sindh: As many as 24 more people died of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours in sindh, bringing the province’s overall death toll from the virus to 5,220.
In a daily statement on the coronavirus situation, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that 11,458 tests were conducted during previous 24 hours, against which 608 new cases of Covid-19 were detected in the province. The chief minister said that of the 608 new cases, 393 were detected from Karachi.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 has claimed 47 more lives and infected 1,303 people over the past 24 hours across the country. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data, 47 more people lost their lives in various areas of the country. The overall death toll has surged to 21,576, while 1,303 new COVID-19 cases surfaced when 40,483 samples were tested during this period.
Earlier on June 9, the novel coronavirus had claimed 19 more lives in Sindh during the past 24 hours, raising the death toll due to the virus in the province to 5,183. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a daily statement on the coronavirus situation had said that 628 new Covid-19 cases emerged in Sindh when 13,972 tests were conducted during the past 24 hours.
