Coronavirus claims more 63 lives in past 24 hours

LAHORE (92 News) – The novel coronavirus has claimed more 63 lives in the past 24 hours, taking the death tally to 9,922.

According to the latest statistics of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan has reported 1,776 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the number of positive cases has surged to 475,085.

1,602 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 2,259 patients are in critical condition. Fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases now currently stands at 475,085.

A total of 30,666 tests were conducted across the country during this period. Overall 425,494 people have recovered from the deadly disease so far while 6,619,983 people have been tested thus so far.

Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad. Punjab has overtaken Sindh in most number of casualties.

Till now 212,093 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 136,669 in Punjab 57,746 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 37,390 in Islamabad, 18,099 in Balochistan, 8,235 in Azad Kashmir and 4,853 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Furthermore 3,959 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 3,502 in Sindh, 1,617 in KP, 412 in Islamabad, 219 in Azad Kashmir, 182 in Balochistan, and 101 in GB.