Pakistan records 4,323 coronavirus cases, 43 deaths in a day

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Pakistan has reported 43 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 14,821 on Monday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 4,323 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as the number of positive cases has surged to 692,231.

During the period of a day, the total count of active cases was recorded at 61,450 and the positivity rate stood at 9.96 per cent. The health facilities across the country conducted 43,362 coronavirus detection tests, taking the total number of COVID-19 tests to 10,446,697 since the first case was reported.

According to the statistics, 19 patients were declared critical, adding to the total number of patients suffering from sensitive health condition up to 3,587.

Overall 615,960 people have recovered from the virus including 2,902 who have regained their health from COVID-19 during the past 24 hours.

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

Till now 6,587 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,509 in Sindh, 2,457 in KP, 583 in Islamabad, 371 in Azad Kashmir, 211 in Balochistan, and 103 in GB.

Furthermore 266,618 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 233,348 in Punjab, 92,423 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 61,552 in Islamabad, 19,785 in Balochistan, 13,446 in Azad Kashmir and 5,059 in Gilgit-Baltistan.