Pakistan death toll reaches 26,000 as covid-19 cases continue to rise

Pakistan’s total death tally reached 25,978 on Thursday after 85 more lives were claimed by the deadly virus in a single day.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) latest figures provided, 61,651 coronavirus tests were led in the country, out of which 4,103 came back positive.

The positivity ratio was logged at 6.65% in the country as of today.

The total tally of COVID-19 cases in Punjab now stands at 1,167,791.

Whereas, the number of recovered patients nationwide has stretched to 1, 048,872 so far, while the number of active cases in the country stands at 92,941.

According to the official portal, the total number of COVID-19 patients in Sindh has reached 433,931, in Punjab 396,326, in Balochistan 32,282, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 163,010, in Islamabad 99,910, in Azad Kashmir 32,380 and 9,952 in Gilgit-Baltistan.