Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Pakistan is now the 19th most-affected country from the deadly coronavirus across the world as the number of Covid-19 cases rose to 44,996 on Tuesday.
According to data from the US-based Johns Hopkins University, which has maintained a dashboard of Covid-19 cases worldwide, Pakistan is listed at 19 in terms of the number of people infected, out of a total of 188 countries.
To date, the country has recorded 45,061 Covid-19 cases and 969 deaths.
In terms of fatality, Pakistan has the 25th most number of deaths related to coronavirus in the world. While the US again has the highest mortality rate globally.
Meanwhile, province-wise tally of Covid-19 patients has reached 15,976 cases in Punjab, 17,947 in Sindh, 6,554 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2,885 in Balochistan, 550 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 1,034 in Islamabad and 115 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The virus has claimed at least 969 lives while at least 12,489 coronavirus patients have recovered.
According to the national dashboard, two new deaths were reported in Islamabad and one in Balochistan in the last 24 hours.
Chief Minister of Sindh Murad Ali Shah said Tuesday that the country’s coronavirus toll hit new highs as 19 patients lost their lives in Sindh, which is the highest number since the first death was reported on March 19. “The 19 deaths within 24 hours are the highest number and now Sindh’s death toll stands at 299,” Shah said.
The chief minister said that from March 19 to May 19, there have been five deaths per day on average. “Though the death ratio stands at 1.6% of the total patients […] yet it is quite painful,” he deplored.