Pakistan has reported an uptick in single-day coronavirus deaths but a healthy drop in number of infections during the last 24 hours (Monday), showed the figures released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday morning.

As many as 86 people died of the Covid-19 during the last 24 hours (Monday) whereas 3,884 people were infected by the virus.

As per the NCOC figures, after the addition of 86 new deaths the overall toll has now surged to 24,004 whereas the number of total infections now stood at 1,075,504 after adding the fresh 4,884.

During the last 24 hours (Monday), a total of 49,506 tests were conducted throughout Pakistan whereas the positivity ratio stood at 7.84 percent.

During the last 24 hours (Monday), as many as 2,669 patients have recovered from the virus whereas the total recoveries stood at 967,073. As of Sunday, the total count of active cases in the country was recorded at 84,427.

As many as 401,790 coronavirus cases have so far been confirmed in Sindh, 365,824 in Punjab, 149,056 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 91,217 in Islamabad, 31,234 in Balochistan, 27,507 in Azad Kashmir and 8,876 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Moreover, 11,239 individuals have lost their lives to the pandemic in Punjab so far, 6,235 in Sindh, 4,570 in KP, 821 in Islamabad, 650 in Azad Kashmir, 332 in Balochistan and 157 in Gilgit Baltistan.

 GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS

Here are the global developments in the coronavirus crisis:

- No need to adapt vaccine, yet -

The first generation vaccine developed by BioNTech-Pfizer works against coronavirus variants such as the Delta strain and does not need to be modified for the moment, the chief executive of German company BioNTech says, favouring booster shots instead.

- US-Canada land border reopens -

The border between the United States and Canada reopens for fully vaccinated US citizens, 17 months after all non-essential travel was halted to slow the spread of the coronavirus. However for the moment Canadians are not authorised to cross the border for non essential travel.

- France Covid pass -

People in France must now show a health pass to order a coffee in a cafe or travel on intercity trains as President Emmanuel Macron's controversial plan to squeeze infections and encourage vaccination comes into full effect.

- Fake Italian passes -

Fake versions of anti-Covid "green passes" have begun to circulate in Italy just days after they were introduced, police say, adding they had broken up a network selling false evidence of vaccination, recovery or testing.

- Iran mourns new records -

Iran's daily Covid caseload crosses the 40,000 mark, setting a new record in infections and deaths for the second day running.

- More Swiss jabs for teens -

Switzerland approves a second Covid-19 vaccine, Moderna, for youngsters aged between 12 and 17 years old, after in June approving the Pfizer jab for adolescents.

- Nepal: second shots -

Nepal rolls out second Covid-19 vaccine jabs for nearly 1.4 million elderly people, following a months-long delay after neighbouring India halted exports over a massive surge in infections.

- Over 4.2 million dead -

The coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 4,294,735 people worldwide since the virus first emerged in late 2019, according to an AFP compilation of official data. 

The US is the worst-affected country with 616,829 deaths, followed by Brazil with 563,151, India with 428,309, Mexico with 244,420 and Peru with 196,950. 

With inputs from AFP.