Islamabad
Pakistan has reported 40 deaths in the last 24 hours by the novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 556,519. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 12,066 on Tuesday. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center 1,008 persons tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, KP and Islamabad. Till now 251,434 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 161,347 in Punjab 68,625 in KP, 42,080 in Islamabad, 18,877 in Balochistan, 9,238 in AJK and 4,918 in GB.—INP