Pakistan records 56 deaths, 1,165 new cases due to coroanviurs in a day

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Pakistan has reported 56 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the nationwide tally of fatalities jumped to 12,436 on Wednesday.

According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), as many as 1,165 fresh infections were reported in the past 24 hours as the number of positive cases has surged to 565,989.

The total count of active cases is 25,008. In the past 24 hours, as many as 1,484 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 1,662 patients are still in critical condition.

A total of 33,196 tests were conducted across the country during this period. Overall 528,545 people have recovered from the deadly disease so far while 8,531,218 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 254,286 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 165,200 in Punjab 70,123 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 42,921 in Islamabad, 18,954 in Balochistan, 9,562 in Azad Kashmir and 4,943 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Furthermore 5,114 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,244 in Sindh, 2,007 in KP, 486 in Islamabad, 284 in Azad Kashmir, 199 in Balochistan, and 102 in GB.