ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday recorded 102 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, the first time there have been more than 100 COVID-19 fatalities since May, government data showed.
Pakistan reported 4,934 new infections on Thursday, with a national positivity ratio of 8.3 percent, the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), which oversees Pakistan’s national pandemic response, said.
Statistics 12 Aug 21:
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 59,397
Positive Cases: 4934
Positivity % : 8.30%
Deaths : 102— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) August 12, 2021
Pakistan is currently going through a fourth wave of the coronavirus, and is struggling to pick up the pace of its vaccine campaign.
Planning minister and NCOC head Asad Umar said on Thursday the government had administered 10 million vaccine doses in the past nine days. Over 40 million doses have been administered since February when the vaccine drive was launched.
4 crore vaccination doses administered. The last crore took only 9 working days to administer. Keep it Pakistan. Let's vaccinate and make Pakistan safe from this disease
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) August 12, 2021
Referring to recent legislative assembly elections held in Pakistan’s semi-autonomous Azad Kashmir region last year, Umar said he had recommended postponing the elections for a few months and holding a “special vaccination campaign” before opening the polls.
“It was not agreed. Since the elections the positivity of AJK is running between 25 and 30 percent,” the minister said. “Elections have acted as a super spreader event.”
Had recommended that AJK elections get postponed for a couple of months and a special vaccination campaign run before the elections. It was not agreed. Since the elections the positivity of AJK is running between 25 and 30%. Elections have acted as a super spreader event.
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) August 12, 2021
