34 more patients die from coronavirus in Pakistan

KARACHI: The coronavirus has claimed 34 more lives in Pakistan, bringing the total death toll to 7,696.

According to statistics released by the National Command and Operations Center, 2,756 more cases of coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours and the total number of affected people has reached 376,929.

The number of people recovering from coronavirus in Pakistan is 330,885 and 38,348 are undergoing treatment. The condition of 1,677 patients infected with coronavirus is critical.

The number of coronavirus cases in Islamabad is 27,018, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 44,599, Sindh 1,63,329, Punjab 1,14,508, Balochistan 16,810, Azad Kashmir 6,123 and Gilgit-Baltistan 4,542.

The highest number of deaths due to coronavirus is in Punjab where 2,861 people have lost their lives. 2,829 people have lost their lives in Sindh, 1,325 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 327 in Islamabad, 95 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 161 in Balochistan, and 144 in Azad Kashmir.

The second wave of coronavirus has started in Pakistan and SOPs will have to be strictly followed to deal with it. According to the NCOC, the coronavirus epidemic is spreading rapidly in 15 cities across the country.

Eighty percent of coronavirus cases in Pakistan were reported from eleven major cities. Provincial governments have been directed to make SOPs and masks mandatory in markets, shopping malls, public transport, restaurants.