KARACHI: The coronavirus has claimed 37 more lives in Pakistan, bringing the total death toll to 8,398.
According to the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), further 3,795 cases of coronavirus have been reported, bringing the total number of victims to 420,294. In Pakistan, 356,542 coronavirus patients have recovered and 55,354 are undergoing treatment.
The highest number of deaths due to coronavirus was in Sindh where 3,177 people lost their lives while 3,019 in Punjab, 1,413 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 341 in Islamabad, 98 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 169 in Balochistan, and In Azad Kashmir, 181 people have lost their lives.
The number of coronavirus cases in Islamabad is 32,816, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 49,676, in Sindh 184,486, in Punjab 123,762, in Balochistan 17,466, in Azad Kashmir 7,356 and in Gilgit-Baltistan 4. A total of 732 people have been infected with the coronavirus.
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Nationwide, the number of positive cases of coronavirus rose to 7.9 percent. Karachi coronavirus positive case rate is 17.39 percent. According to the NCOC, the rate of positive cases in Hyderabad was 18.43 percent. Azad Kashmir has 10.83 percent, Balochistan 11.62 percent, Gilgit-Baltistan 2.68 percent, Islamabad 6.16 percent, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 11.29 percent, and Sindh 11.47 percent.
According to the NCOC, the rate of positive cases in Punjab is 4.42. The rate of positive cases in Lahore was 5.47 percent and in Rawalpindi, it was 11.26 percent. The rate of positive cases in Peshawar was 16.2, in Quetta 6.19, and in Mirpur 22 percent.
