Grim milestone as Pakistan’s corona death toll tops 9,000
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday recorded 105 Covid-19 deaths its highest single-day fatalities since June 30 raising the nation’s death toll above the 9,000-mark, a grim milestone, prompting the Prime Minister’s focal person on coronavirus to reiterate his call for following health guidelines amid the second wave of the coronavirus.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre’s (NCOC) daily situation update, the country saw 2,731 more people testing positive for the virus in the 24-hour-period leading to Wednesday, raising active infections to 48,369.
Most of the Covid fatalities in that period were from Sindh, followed by Punjab. Of the total 105 fatalities, 98 people died in hospitals, 70 of whom were on ventilators. With the recent deaths, Pakistan’s coronavirus death toll stood at 9,010.