‘Covid third wave’: Pakistan reports 1,277 new cases, 24 deaths

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 1,277 cases of coronavirus were reported while 24 people succumbed to the disease in the last twenty four hours, taking the total death toll to 22,345.

The total number of cases has reached 959,685.

As many as 905,430 patients have recovered from the disease with 1,863 critical cases.

Punjab                           

The number of patients swelled to 346,454 in the province with 10,761 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 338,387 in the province, while the death toll has reached 5,478.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 138,179 in the province with 4,324 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 27,242 confirmed cases while 309 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 20,405 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 583. On the other hand, there are 6,239 cases in GB with 111 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

There are 82,779 cases in the capital city while 779 people have lost their lives.