Covid-19: Pakistan reports 622 new cases, 16 deaths in last 24 hours

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has recorded 16 new COVID deaths in a day, while the national positivity ratio has dropped to 1.40 percent, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said Thursday.

According to the latest statistics, at least 622 people contracted the deadly virus whereas the number of confirmed cases has soared to 1,266,826.

Statistics 21 Oct 21:
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 44,334
Positive Cases: 622
Positivity %: 1.40%
Deaths : 16
Patients on Critical Care: 1690

— NFRCC (@NFRCCofficial) October 21, 2021

In the past 24 hours, as many as 1,112 patients have recovered from the novel virus and the total recoveries stand at 1,213,799. As of Thursday, the total count of active cases has dropped to 24,699 while the death toll has soared to 28,328.

At least 466,750 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 438,433 in Punjab 177,132 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 106,571 Islamabad, 33,149 in Balochistan, 34,417 in Azad Kashmir, and 10,374 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Moreover, 12,876 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 7,536 in Sindh, 5,698 KP, 938 in Islamabad, 740 in Azad Kashmir, 354 in Balochistan, and 186 in Gilgit Baltistan.

The health facilities across the country conducted 44,334 coronavirus detection tests, taking the total number of COVID-19 tests to 20,366,157 since the first case was reported.