Pakistan reports 55 deaths, 2,155 coronavirus cases in a day

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Pakistan has reported 55 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 10,047 on Wednesday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 2,155 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as the country's national tally of cases now currently stands at 477,240.

A total of 36,390 tests were conducted across the country during this period. Overall 430,113 people have recovered from the deadly disease so far while 6,656,373 samples have been tested thus far.

4,619 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 2,219 patients are in critical condition. The total count of active cases is 37,080.

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

Till now 213,193 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 137,295 in Punjab 57,982 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 37,556 in Islamabad, 18,118 in Balochistan, 8,241 in Azad Kashmir and 4,855 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Furthermore 3,982 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 3,520 in Sindh, 1,627 in KP, 415 in Islamabad, 220 in Azad Kashmir, 182 in Balochistan, and 101 in GB.