Pakistan Reports 35 Deaths Due To COVID-19 In Last 24 Hours

Fida Hussnain (@fidahassanain) Published July 10, 2021 | 02:04 PM

The Official figures show that 1828 new cases of Coronavirus surfaced in different parts of the country during last 24 hours.

ISLAMABAD: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-July 10th, 2021) Pakistan's daily coronavirus case load reached over 1,500 for the fourth consecutive day after the country reported 1,828 new cases Saturday.

As many as 35 people died of Coronavirus in Pakistan in the last 24 hours, pushing the national death tally since the pandemic started to 22,555.

Latest data issued by the National Command and Operation Centre Saturday morning shows that after 48,134 tests were conducted on July 9, 1,828 people tested positive for coronavirus.

Pakistan's positivity rate is closing in on 4%, with the current rate at 3.79%.

The total active COVID-19 cases in Pakistan are currently 36,454.

According to a province-wise breakdown, the total cases reported in Sindh so far are 345,269, in Punjab 347,793, in Khyber Paktunkhwa 139,162, in Islamabad Capital Territory 83,513, in Balochistan 27,863, in Gilgit-Baltistan 6,769 and in Azad Jammu and Kashmir 20,935.

At least 912,295 people recovered so far across Pakistan, making it a significant count.

The total number of cases has reached 971,304 as per the NCOC’s figures.

Earlier, Federal Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar ruled out the possibility of a complete lockdown in case Pakistan experiences a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

The minister, speaking at the oath taking ceremony of the newly appointed members of the National Youth Council (NYC), said he feared the fourth wave of the virus will start in July.

Umar said that Pakistan would impose smart lockdowns across the country, as it had done before, to counter the virus, in case cases of the infection once again shoot up across the country. He stated that the strategy had proven effective in stemming the spread of the virus in the past.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had also urged the public to wear masks and get vaccinated. He asked to follow the SOPs on Eidul Adha to keep the virus at bay.

PM Khan had warned the nation about the dangers of the Delta variant — which first emerged in India and said that India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Indonesia are currently suffering because of it.