STAFF REPORTER
ISLAMABAD The number of confirmed cases in Pakistan rose to 4,009 on Tuesday after the country recorded 249 cases in the last 24 hours and death toll reached to 56. In Sindh, 55 more cases were reported, taking the provincial tally to 986. According to the Sindh government spokesperson, 16 people had recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours. In Punjab, the number of cases rose to 2,004, after more cases were reported. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also reported 95 new cases to take the provincial tally to 500. Islamabad has 83 cases after one more case was recorded while GilgitBaltistan reported three more cases to take the region’s tally to 211. Two new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Balochistan, taking the provincial tally to 206 and AJK has 19 confirmed cases. The province also reported its second death from the virus. The patient suffered from a kidney ailment and died due to “complication of renal failure”, according to a situation report issued by the Balochistan health department. The federal capital also reported its first death from the virus taking the nationwide tally to 55. The National Command and Operations Centre has said that Pakistan had conducted a total of 39,183 coronavirus tests so far of which 3,088 were conducted in the last 24 hours. According to an update on the latest virus situation in the country, released by the Inter-Services Public Relations, there were 462 hospitals with virus isolation case management facilities across the country. So far, 429 patients have recovered in the country while 28 are in critical condition. According to the health department’s latest report, the province has recorded 17 deaths and 253 have recovered. As per breakup, 15 of the deceased were from Karachi and 2 deaths were reported in Hyderabad. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday confirmed that 16 more people have recovered from the Covid-19 in Karachi. Chairing a meeting, the chief minister said that as many as 309 patients have recovered thus far. He said that 54 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Tuesday, taking the provincial tally to 986. As many as 662 people are under treatment in the various hospitals of the province, he added. Sindh CM also paid tribute to Dr Qadir Somroo who lost his life due to coronavirus on Monday night. He was treating the virus patients at a health facility in Gulshan-eHadeed area of the city when he contracted the infection on March 28
