(Islamabad) The coronavirus has claimed 44 more lives in the past
24 hours as the second wave continues to wreak havoc in the country. With 3,119
new cases, the third consecutive daily
rise of over 3,000 infections, the
country’s tally has reached 413,191, according to data shared by the National
Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) on Saturday. In the past 24 hours; Sindh
recorded the highest number of cases at 1,664 while 540 new infections were
reported in Punjab; 419 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 353 in Islamabad; 68 in Azad
Jammu and Kashmir; 59 in Balochistan; and 16 in Gilgit Baltistan. The number of
active cases has climbed to 52,359 with 2,441 patients in critical care. The
NCOC data showed 352, 529 people have recovered from Covid-19 across the
country so far. At least 44 people succumbed to the virus on Friday; raising
the total death toll to 8,303. Punjab witnessed the most deaths as the virus
claimed 22 lives across the province. At least 10 people died of coronavirus in
KP while Sindh's death toll rose by eight; Islamabad's by two; and one patient
passed away in AJK. GB and Balochistan reported no COVID-19 deaths. Abbottabad
reported a coronavirus case positivity rate of 17.57% on Friday and along with
Rawalpindi's 15.26%, and Karachi's 14.31% is among the cities with the most
prevalent outbreak. A case positivity rate of 12.13% was observed in Hyderabad,
10.63% in Peshawar; and 10.61% in Muzaffarabad. At 0.44%; Gwadar has the lowest
positivity rate followed by Multan at 2.06%. Province wise; the outbreak
appears to be most prevalent in AJK with an 11.24% positivity rate; followed by
Sindh at 10.74%, Balochistan at 10.46%, KP at 9.68%; Islamabad at 5.27%, Punjab
at 4.15%, and GB at 3.92%.
The country's positivity rate
stands at 7.59%.
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