Alarming situation: COVID-19 claims 100 more deaths in last 24 hours

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - The pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed more 100 deaths in the last 24 hours as the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 14,356 on Tuesday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 4,084 persons tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours as the number of positive cases has surged to 663,200.

The total count of active cases was recorded at 48,566 and the positivity rate stood at 8.82 per cent. The health facilities across the country conducted 46,269 coronavirus detection tests, taking the total number of COVID-19 tests to 10,153,364 since the first case was reported.

Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 6,319 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,495 in Sindh, 2,319 in KP, 563 in Islamabad, 350 in Azad Kashmir, 207 in Balochistan, and 103 in GB.

Furthermore 265,158 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 217,694 in Punjab, 86,044 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 57,204 in Islamabad, 19,535 in Balochistan, 12,549 in Azad Kashmir and 5,016 in Gilgit-Baltistan.