Covid-19 claims 47 lives in 24 hours

ISLAMABAD: The national tally of total active COVID-19 cases Friday reached 34,916 after 1,745 more people tested positive for the deadly virus while 2,075 recovered during the last 24 hours.

Forty-seven corona patients, 40 among them under treatment in hospital and seven in their homes or quarantines, died on Thursday, according to the latest update issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).

During the last 24 hours, most deaths occurred in Punjab followed by Sindh. It said that out of the total 47 deaths during the last 24 hours 23 patients died on ventilators.

The maximum ventilators were occupied in four major areas including Multan 49 percent, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) 38 percent, Peshawar 30 percent and Lahore 36 percent.

Some 35,839 tests were conducted across the country on Thursday, including 6,535 in Sindh, 15,304 in Punjab, 6,543 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 5,777 in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), 838 in Balochistan, 443 in GB, and 339 in AJK. Around 482,771 people have recovered from the disease so far across Pakistan making it a significant count with over 90 percent recovery rate of the affected patients.