ISLAMABAD: Over 3,838 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Pakistan.
This was revealed by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday. Meanwhile, another 118 people lost their lives to the virus.
As many as 3,838 people tested positive for the virus after 52,112 COVID-19 tests were taken, as per the NCOC’s data. This brings the positivity rate to 7.36%. The positivity rate has been over 6% for the last nine days.
Statistics 31 Aug 21:
— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) August 31, 2021
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 52,112
Positive Cases: 3838
Positivity % : 7.36%
Deaths : 118
The total number of active cases in the country rose to 94,573 on August 31.
A total of 1,039,758 people have so far recovered from the virus while the total number of deaths, with the fresh count of 118 fatalities, have risen to 25,788.
Pakistan’s total confirmed case count now stands at 1,160,119.
Pakistan is reporting 4,099 new infections on average each day, 70% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on June 17.
Vaccine Statistics:
— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) August 31, 2021
Vaccine administered across Pakistan on 30 Aug: 1,405,352
Total vaccine administered till now: 55,178,137
This is the highest single day vaccine administration done across the country! Keep it up Pakistan 🇵🇰
Pakistan has administered at least 53,314,628 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 12.3% of the country’s population.
During the last week reported, Pakistan averaged about 745,808 doses administered each day. At that rate, it will take a further 59 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population.
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