Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Pakistan has recorded 53 more deaths and 2,272 fresh infections during the last 24 hours by the deadly Coronavirus, showed figures released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). According to the latest National Command and Operation Centre data, the number of positive cases has surged to 486,634 while the nationwide tally of deaths has jumped to 10,311.
As many as 1,686 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours (Saturday) whereas the number of total recoveries stands at 440,660.
The total count of active cases at the moment stands at 35,663.
Sindh stands first in terms of cases followed by Punjab and other provinces. Till now 217,636 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 140,188 in Punjab 59,255 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 38,146 in Islamabad, 18,218 in Balochistan, 8,325 in Azad Kashmir and 4,866 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Moreover, 4,109 individuals have lost their lives to the novel disease in Punjab, 3,594 in Sindh, 1,672 in KP, 424 in Islamabad, 226 in Azad Kashmir, 185 in Balochistan and 101 in Gilgit Baltistan.
Pakistan has conducted tests on 44,392 samples in the last 24 hours while 6,819,699 samples have been tested so far.
