Islamabad (Web Desk): Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, who also heads the National Commmand and Operation Centre, said on Saturday that the total number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered in the country has exceeded 100 million.
In a tweet, the minister doses were administered to 68 million people, of which more than 38 million are fully vaccinated while 30 million have been administered one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
Asad Umar urged people to get their second doses, terming it "extremely important".
On the other hand, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan rose to 1,267,945 on Saturday after 552 new cases surfaced in the country during the last 24 hours.
As per the NCOC data, 39,179 tests were conducted in last 24 hours while positivity ratio remained 1.40%.
According to the government's COVID-19 portal, the death toll related to coronavirus has reached to 28,359 with 15 fatalities reported during the last 24 hours.
Over the last twenty four hours, total number of recovered COVID-19 patients across the country reached 1,215,505 after another 842 virus recoveries were reported.