ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded 2,465 additional cases of COVID-19 and 49 fatalities in the preceding 24 hours, as per the statistics released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday.
Statistics 16 Feb 22:
— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) February 16, 2022
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 49,553
Positive Cases: 2465
Positivity %: 4.97%
Deaths :49
Patients on Critical Care: 1534
As per the new statistics, 49 people have died, the overall toll has soared to 29,877.
A total of 49,553 samples got tested, out of which 2,565 came out to be positive, suggesting an infection rate of 4.97pc as compared to yesterday’s 5.4 percent.
The number of coronavirus patients in critical care at various hospitals around the country is 1,534.
Since the onset of the pandemic, Pakistan has undertaken 25,896,758 tests to diagnose the coronavirus, including 49,553 tests over the preceding 24 hours.
1,388,517 people have recovered, including 4,792 in a single day in Pakistan, as reported by ARY.
Sindh is first on the list with 560,670 COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic in February 2020. Punjab follows with 496,724 cases, while KP has reported 212,078 coronavirus cases yet.
Islamabad has documented 133,388 coronavirus cases, while Balochistan ranks at 35,133 total cases.
42,180 cases have been recorded in Azad Jammu and Kashmir so far, while 11,250 cases have been documented in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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