KARACHI: A further 64 deaths and 1,361 new cases have been reported in Pakistan due to the coronavirus.
According to the National Command and Control Center, the total number of deaths from coronavirus in Pakistan has reached 12,772 while the total number of affected people has reached 575,941.
The number of coronavirus cases in Islamabad is 43,901, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 71,490, Sindh 257,089, Punjab 1,69,474, Balochistan 19,010, Azad Kashmir 10,022 and Gilgit-Baltistan 4,955.
The highest number of deaths due to coronavirus was in Punjab where 5,308 people lost their lives while 4,315 in Sindh, 2,058 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 494 in Islamabad, 102 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 199 in Balochistan, and 296 in Azad Kashmir. Have lost.
Coronavirus vaccination is underway in Pakistan and in the first phase, health workers are being vaccinated against coronavirus, while people above the age of 63 have also been vaccinated.
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A website named World Metre has placed Pakistan in the 29th position in the list of 30 countries that have conducted the most number of tests per million population (PMP).
Also, Pakistan is going to hold the first international conference dedicated to the COVID-19 vaccine in which principal investigating officers of various vaccines will share their research papers.
In another development, five departments of the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) were sealed after 13 employees were found to have contracted the virus over the last week, with five cases being reported in a day.
According to the website, www.worldometers.info, which maintains global data, Pakistan has carried out 39,136 tests per million population, with Indonesia being the only country having conducted fewer tests — 38,135 tests PMP.
