Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Thursday said that so far over 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the country.
Asad Umar, who also heads National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), in a tweet said that the last 10 million doses only took nine working days to administer.
He urged people to get vaccinated against the virus and make Pakistan safe from the disease.
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 102 deaths from COVID-19 in last 24 hours, highest since late May. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 24,187 on Thursday.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 4,934 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Till now 11,292 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 6,316 in Sindh, 4,604 in KP, 824 in Islamabad, 658 in Azad Kashmir, 332 in Balochistan, and 161 in GB.
Furthermore 406,109 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 368,195 in Punjab, 150,026 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 92,233 in Islamabad, 31,341 in Balochistan, 28,347 in Azad Kashmir and 9,043 in Gilgit-Baltistan.