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Coronavirus kills eight more Pakistanis in last 24 hours

Coronavirus kills eight more Pakistanis in last 24 hours
October 13, 2020

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Pakistan has reported eight more deaths in last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 6,588 on Tuesday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), some 30,022 samples were tested, out of which 531 turned out to be positive, lifting the national tally of infections to 319,848 in 24 hours. Total of 39,014,818 tests have been conducted so far.

Around 304,609 people have recovered from the disease so far across Pakistan with addition of 424 recoveries recorded over the previous 24 hours. There are a total of 8,651 active cases of Covid-19 in the country. Of the total patients under treatment,516 are said to be in critical condition.

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

Till now 140,534 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 100,892 in Punjab, 38,367 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 17,428 in Islamabad, 15,541 in Balochistan, 3,131 in Azad Kashmir and 3,955 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Overall Pandemic Cases

Since the pandemic outbreak, a total of 319,848 cases have been detected so far, including 140,534 in Sindh, 100,892 in Punjab, 38,367 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 15,541 in Balochistan, 17,428 in Islamabad, 3955 in Gilgit Baltistan, and 3131 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.