441 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths reported during last 24 hours

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - As many as 441 new coronavirus cases and 18 deaths were reported during the last 24 hours across Pakistan. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the country has reported 18 deaths by coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 296,590. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 6,318. The number of active cases has gone down to 8,813 as 281,459 Covid-19 patients have recuperated from the disease. As many as 20,480 samples were tested during the previous 24 hours, bringing the number of tests conducted so far to more than 2.6 million. There are 1,039 patients under treatment in 735 hospitals across the country, out of whom 90 are on ventilators. Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad. Till now 129,615 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 96,921 in Punjab, 36,265 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 15,666 in Islamabad, 12,899 in Balochistan, 2,302 in Azad Kashmir and 2,922 in Gilgit-Baltistan.