ISLAMABAD, 2 May 2021 (TON): Coronavirus third wave continues to claim more lives in Pakistan as during last 24 hours as 146 new deaths were reported besides 4,696 people have been tested positive to pandemic, official report says.

Authorities at Federal and Provincial level are asking people to follow the COVID-19 SOPs as hospitals have reached to their capacity and there is only option left that people follow SOPs strictly. Government is planning to impose curfew, authorities has warned.

Army personnel are deployed throughout the country to ensure strict implementation on Coronavirus SOPs but still the situation is out of control.

According to latest figures displayed on National Coronavirus Dashboard of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), the NCOC confirmed the death of 146 more people during last 24 hours besides reported that 4,696 persons tested positive for COVID-19. The authorities on Saturday have reported tally to 825,519 cases with new reported deaths toll of fatalities reaches to 17,957.

NCOC report says, the new cases have taken the national tally of positive cases to 825,519 with 303,182 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Punjab, 283,560 in Sindh, 118,413 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 22,369 in Balochistan, 75,498 in Islamabad, 17,187 in Azad Kashmir and 5,310 in Gilgit-Baltistan.