{"id":12185,"date":"2021-09-23T07:24:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T07:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/?p=12185"},"modified":"2021-09-23T07:24:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T07:24:42","slug":"coronavirus-kills-another-58-as-pakistan-continues-battle-against-fourth-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/2021\/09\/23\/coronavirus-kills-another-58-as-pakistan-continues-battle-against-fourth-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus kills another 58 as Pakistan continues battle against fourth wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Another 2,357 people in Pakistan have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,232,595, according to official figures released Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The country also reported another 58 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Pakistan now stands at 27,432.<\/p>\n<p>The latest data came from the National Command and Operation Centre&#8217;s daily report on the status of COVID-19 across the country.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embeds\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embed \"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coronavirus\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/765e5454-b209-40e0-b955-03d30a53fbb3?src=embed\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embeds-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\">The NCOC data placed the country&#8217;s positivity rate at 4.89%. The country has been reporting a positivity rate less than 5% for the last six days.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s active number of cases fell to 61,558. The active cases have fallen consistently since more than a week. Among the active cases, 4,561 patients are under critical care.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Pakistan reported the lowest number of single day infections in the last two months at 1,897 new cases. On the same day, Pakistan\u2019s COVID-19 positivity rate also dropped to the lowest figure, 4.10%, since July 11. The country last reported a similar daily case count at 1,841 cases on July 24.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 infections are decreasing in Pakistan, with 2,489 new infections reported on average each day. That\u2019s 42% of the peak \u2014 the highest daily average reported on June 17.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has administered at least 74,837,117 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that\u2019s enough to have vaccinated about 17.3% of the country\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<p>During the last week reported, Pakistan averaged about 784,687 doses administered each day. At that rate, it will take a further 56 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Another 2,357 people in Pakistan have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,232,595, according to official figures released Thursday morning. The country also reported another 58 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Pakistan now stands at 27,432. 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