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Pakistan’s Covid-19 death toll nearing 20,000: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 104 new deaths from coronavirus on Wednesday as overall death toll was nearing 20,000.

According to figures released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 41,771 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours from which 3,256 returned positive.

It also recorded the death of 104 people, raising the nationwide death toll to 19,856.

The coronavirus positivity rate stands at 7.79% whereas about 799,951 people have recovered across Pakistan from the virus.

Sindh has reported 301,247 cases, Punjab 329,913, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 127,609, Islamabad 79,552, Balochistan 24,064, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 18,360, and Gilgit Baltistan 5,439.

Meanwhile, 212,625 people were administered the anti-Covid vaccines on Tuesday. The number of Pakistanis who got the jabs rose to 4,745,378.

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