Pakistan reached on Monday a grim milestone in the fight against coronavirus as the country has now lost more than 12,000 people to the virus following the 59 deaths of positive cases reported in the last 24 hours.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre, the greatest number of deaths were reported in Sindh followed by Punjab. It also said that out of the 59;42 people that passed away were on ventilators.
The new deaths due to coronavirus have taken the countywide death toll due to the deadly virus to 12,026.
Pakistan conducted 32,149 tests in the last 24 hours report 1,037 positive cases.
The positivity ratio of coronavirus cases in the country stood at 3.2%.
Province-wise Coronavirus cases in Paksitan
Azad Jammu and Kashmir have reported 9,219 cases
Balochistan 18,869
Gilgit-Baltistan 4,916
Islamabad 41,994, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa 68,531 cases
Punjab 160,935 cases
Sindh 251,047
With the new cases, the active COVID-19 cases in the country stand at 31,983.
On the other hand; the total number of cases detected in the country so far stands at 555,511 after the new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The NCOC reported that 511,502 were having coronavirus cases positive have recovered across the country after contracting coronavirus. It added that currently there are no cases of patients on vents in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Balochistan.
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