Pakistan's Covid-19 death toll crossed the 22,000 mark after the country reported 30 more deaths during the last 24 hours.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre, 34,754 tests were conducted during this period. Of these, 907 samples came back positive. The total number of cases is 949,175 and the death toll is 22,007.

The positivity rate was recorded as 2.6 per cent.

Cases and deaths recorded during the last 24 hours.

  • Sindh: 595 cases, 14 deaths
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 102 cases, 7 deaths
  • Punjab: 95 cases, 9 deaths
  • Balochistan: 48 cases
  • Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 33 cases
  • Islamabad: 24 cases
  • Gilgit-Baltistan: 10 cases

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