Pakistan records 4,976 new Covid-19 cases, 112 deaths in 24 hours

According to NCOC, total active Covid-19 cases across the country are reported to be 79,108

Pakistan recorded 5,976 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's Covid-19 tally to 750,159.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the country's death toll climbed to 16,094 after 112 people succumbed to the deadly disease during the last 24 hours. Most deaths occurred in Punjab followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

Meanwhile, 4,181 patients recovered from the deadly disease in a day taking total recoveries to 654,956.

According to NCOC, total active Covid-19 cases across the country were reported to be 79,108.

The highest number of ventilators occupied in the country was found to be in Gujranwala with 88 per cent occupancy, followed by Lahore at 81 per cent, Multan at 81 per cent and Mardan at 55 per cent.

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The NCOC further reported that the highest number of oxygen bed occupancy in the country was in Swabi at 100 per cent followed Charsadda at 89 per cent, Gujranwala at 85 per cent and Peshawar at 78 per cent.

About 64,279 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours out of which 11,623 were conducted in Sindh, 38,811 in Punjab, 7,709 in K-P, 4,713 in Islamabad, 1,072 in Balochistan, 414 in G-B and 937 tests were conducted in AJK.

Covid-19 related death by province

Out of the total 16,094 reported deaths, there had been about 4,544 deaths in Sindh, 7,333 in Punjab, 2,832 in K-P, 631 in Islamabad.

About 223 deaths were reported in Balochistan, 103 deaths in G-B and 428 in AJK.

The NCOC also reported that a total of 11,072,531 tests had been conducted since the outbreak of the virus. There are about 630 hospitals with Covid-19 facilities with more than 4,500 patients admitted across the country, it added.