COVID-19 claims 57 more deaths within 24 hours in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed more 57 deaths in past 24 hours, surging the overall death toll to 12,185 on Thursday.

According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 1,502 fresh infections were reported in the past 24 hours as the national tally of cases now currently stands at 559,093.

A total of 37,452 tests were conducted across the country during this period. Overall 516,683 people have recovered from the deadly disease so far while 8,325,543 samples have been tested thus far.

As many as 1,732 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 1,760 patients are still in critical condition. The total count of active cases is 30,225 and the positivity rate stands at 4.01 per cent.

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

Till now 252,296 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 162,391 in Punjab 68,972 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 42,279 in Islamabad, 18,898 in Balochistan, 9,334 in Azad Kashmir and 4,923 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Furthermore 4,982 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,171 in Sindh, 1,976 in KP, 481 in Islamabad, 276 in Azad Kashmir, 197 in Balochistan, and 102 in GB.