17 more death reported in country
At least 41 students of University of Swabi were tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday. According to details, the concerned authorities conducted 260 tests of the students among which 41 came out positive. The university registrar said that the institution has been closed from today till February 4.
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 17 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,381,152. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 29,122. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 6,357 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Till now 13,117 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,746 in Sindh 5,977 in KP, 976 in Islamabad, 752 in Azad Kashmir, 367 in Balochistan, and 187 in GB.
Furthermore 529,218 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 466,164 in Punjab 185,683 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 120,128 in Islamabad, 35,474 in Azad Kashmir 33,975 in Balochistan and 10,510 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan has so far conducted 24,639,942 coronavirus tests and 49,595 in the last 24 hours. 1,269,634 patients have recovered in the country whereas 1,200 patients are in critical condition. The Covid-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 12.81 percent.
So far, 103,805,835 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 236,182 in last 24 hours. 80,041,973 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 388,764 received their second dose in last 24 hours. The number of total administered doses has reached to 172,836,036 with 660,303 in the last 24 hours.—INP
