LAHORE : As many as 146 deaths occurred in the country during the past 24 hours due to corona virus amid the reports 4696 persons tested positive Saturday.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data nationwide tally of deaths has surged to 17957 while positive cases have ascended to 825,519.
The positivity rate of new cases was reported at 9.63%, while 48740 tests were conducted
The number of recoveries nationwide has reached 717,009 so far,
According to the official portal, the total number of COVID-19 patients in Sindh has reached 283,560, while 4,645 people have died so far.
The total number of coronavirus patients in Punjab is 303,182 and 8,500 people have died from the virus, while the total in Balochistan has reached 22,369, with a death toll of 236.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 118,413 people have been infected with coronavirus and 3,310 people have lost their lives to it. In Azad Kashmir, 17,187 people have been infected with the virus and 476 people have died.
In Gilgit-Baltistan, 5,310 coronavirus patients have been reported so far and 107 deaths while total number of COVID-19 patients in the federal capital Islamabad is 75,498 and so far 683 patients have died.
