ISLAMABAD, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Tuesday confirmed 1,517 new COVID-19 cases, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday.

The NCOC said that the country's number of overall confirmed cases had risen to 966,007, including 909,525 recoveries.

The number of active cases has risen to 34,013 who are under treatment across the country, including 1,941 critical patients.

According to the NCOC, the pandemic killed 17 people on Tuesday , increasing the overall death toll to 22,469.

Pakistan's eastern Punjab province is the most affected region of the country with 347,180 infections and 10,791 deaths followed by the southern Sindh province which has reported 342,228 cases and 5,536 deaths so far. Sindh has 21,314 active cases while Punjab has 8,155 active cases.

The NCOC said on its website that Pakistan has administered 17,759,783 COVID-19 vaccine doses across the country, with 3,427,072 persons fully vaccinated so far. Enditem

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