KARACHI: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan has risen to 4,062 on Wednesday after new cases were reported in the country.
According to data, 2,030 coronavirus cases were registered in Punjab, 986 in Sindh, 527 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 206 in Balochistan, 212 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 83 in Islamabad and 28 in Azad Kashmir.
As many as 52 people have died of COVID-19 since its outbreak in the country, which includes 18 in Sindh, 15 in Punjab, 18 in KP, Balochistan 01, and 03 in Gilgit-Baltistan. Meanwhile, 429 people have recovered.
The authorities have also increased the testing facilities and a total of 35,875 tests have so far been conducted. Isolation facilities have been set up in 462 hospitals in different areas of the country.
According to world metre, more than 1,431,951 COVID-19 cases of the virus have been registered globally. The virus has claimed more than 82,085 lives globally while 253,000 are now considered recovered.
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