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Pakistan records 43 deaths, 1,786 new Corona cases in a day

Pakistan records 43 deaths, 1,786 new Corona cases in a day
March 10, 2021

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Pakistan has recorded 43 more coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 13,324 on Wednesday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 1,786 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as the number of positive cases has surged to 595,239.

The total count of active cases is 16,699. In the past 24 hours, as many as 1,393 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 1,664 patients are still in critical condition.

A total of 39,425 tests were conducted across the country during this period. Overall 565,216 people have recovered from the deadly disease so far while 9,318,038 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 260,150 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 179,654 in Punjab 74,433 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 46,229 in Islamabad, 19,141 in Balochistan, 10,673 in Azad Kashmir and 4,959 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Furthermore 5,629 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,442 in Sindh, 2,122 in KP, 512 in Islamabad, 314 in Azad Kashmir, 202 in Balochistan, and 103 in GB.