Pakistan reports 640 COVID-19 cases, one death

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 640 new coronavirus cases and one death during the past 24 hours, bring the number of confirmed infections in the country to 305,671and fatalities to 6,416.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 640 persons have been 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.

Till now 133,626 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 98,368 in Punjab, 37,317 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 16,124 in Islamabad, 14,269 in Balochistan, 2,517 in Azad Kashmir and 3,450 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

In addition to 2,459 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Sindh, 2,226 in Punjab, 1,258 in KP, 145 in Balochistan, 180 in Islamabad, 81 in GB and 67 in Azad Kashmir.

Pakistan has so far conducted 3,160,924 COVID-19 tests and 34,544 in the last 24 hours. 292,303 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 562 patients are in critical condition.

The global epidemic of coronavirus has infected 30,984,437 people in the world and 961,400 people have lost their lives.

The number of coronavirus infection cases across the world has surged to 30,984,437 the pandemic has so far claimed over 961,400 lives. So far, 22,583,470 have been cured in the world and at present, the number of active cases is 7,439,567.