Pakistan records 40 more COVID-19-related deaths in past 24 hours

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Pakistan has recorded 40 more coronavirus-related deaths in past 24 hours, surging the overall death toll to 12,066 on Tuesday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 1,008 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as the number of positive cases has surged to 556,519.

In the past 24 hours, as many as 1,441 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 1,797 patients are still in critical condition. The total count of active cases is 31,510 and positivity rate stands at 3.19 per cent.

A total of 31,509 tests were conducted across the country during this period. Overall 512,943 people have recovered from the deadly disease so far while 8,256,378 samples have been tested thus far.

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

Till now 251,434 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 161,347 in Punjab 68,625 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 42,080 in Islamabad, 18,877 in Balochistan, 9,238 in Azad Kashmir and 4,918 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Furthermore 4,919 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,132 in Sindh, 1,964 in KP, 480 in Islamabad, 273 in Azad Kashmir, 196 in Balochistan, and 102 in GB.