According to the NCOC, 5,364 new infections were reported during the aforementioned period and the positivity rate stood at 8.31 percent. The health facilities across the country conducted 64,481 coronavirus detection tests, taking the total number of Covid-19 tests to 11,007,252 since the first case was reported. Amid a third wave of the pandemic, the country has reported 739,818 Covid-19 cases so far since the beginning of the pandemic last year. The NCOC on Friday allowed two more medical centres in the city to administer coronavirus vaccines to the masses. In Karachi, Ziauddin Hospital, the South City Hospital, OMI, Hashmanis Hospital, the Indus Hospital and the Tabba Heart Institute are providing the coronavirus vaccines to people.

Source: Pakistan Today April 16, 2021 15:45 UTC