Record-breaking over 164,000 people vaccinated on Monday: Asad
Vaccination drive for 40 and above has commenced
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Tuesday said that record-breaking over 164,000 coronavirus vaccines doses were administered on Monday.
Asad Umar, who also heads National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said that vaccination drive for 40 and above also commenced from Monday.
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 161 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 837,523. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 18,310 on Tuesday.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 3,377 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths and cases followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Till now 8,683 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,678 in Sindh, 3,423 in KP, 693 in Islamabad, 487 in Azad Kashmir, 239 in Balochistan, and 107 in GB.
Furthermore 308,529 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Punjab, 286,521 in Sindh, 120,590 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 76,492 in Islamabad, 22,664 in Balochistan, 17,397 in Azad Kashmir and 5,330 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
