Pakistan on Sunday confirmed 35 more deaths by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases surged to 274,003. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 5,840.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 1,226 persons were tested positive for Covid-19 in 24 hours. Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad.
In another major development in overcoming Covid-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday announced that the province witnessed 3,384 recoveries from the infection during the last 24 hours. The province has witnessed 107,403 recoveries from coronavirus so far, said the chief minister while announcing daily figures of the virus. He said that the province recorded 713 fresh cases of COVID-19 during the past 24-hours, bringing the tally of overall infections in the province to 118,311.
The province witnessed 2,151 fatalities from coronavirus so far including 16 more patients who succumbed to the infection within last 24-hòurs, Murad Ali Shah said, adding that currently there are 8,634 patients being treated in hospitals with a majority of them, 8137 people, isolated at their homes, while 418 patients are shifted to hospitals and 16 to isolation centres for medical care.
At least 177 new cases were confirmed in KP, taking the total to 33,397. Two more lives were lost in Peshawar, taking the total deaths to 1,178. 102 more patients recovered taking the tally to 27,119. 203,986 total tests conducted in KP.
