Staff Reporter
Islamabad
The nationwide tally of Covid-19 patients stands at 36,788 with 13,561 cases in Punjab, 14,099 in Sindh, 5,423 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 2,310 in Balochistan, 482 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 822 in Islamabad and 91 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The virus has claimed at least 779 lives while at least 9,695 coronavirus patients have recovered.
A total of 559 coronavirus tests were conducted in Balochistan out of which 71 were diagnosed positive during the last 24 hours.
According to provincial health department spokesman Wasim Baig, 2,310 people have contracted Covid-19 in the province so far.
He further said that 30 people have succumbed to the deadly disease.
The Sindh health department announced on Thursday an allowance for doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers working on the frontline in the ongoing pandemic.
The total number of virus-infected patients has reached 104 as 10 members of two different families tested positive for Covid-19 in Muzaffarabad, a spokesperson for Azad Jammu and Kashmir government confirmed on Thursday.
