Coronavirus claims eight more lives in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus has reported 532 new cases in Pakistan, bringing the total number of patients to 307,418.

According to the National Command and Operations Center, eight people have been killed in the last 24 hours and the total death toll has risen to 6,432.

According to the latest statistics, 293,916 coronavirus victims have recovered in Pakistan and the number of active cases has risen to 7,070.

The number of coronavirus cases in Sindh has reached 134,437, 98,602 in Punjab, 37,418 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 14,607 in Balochistan, 16,224 in Islamabad, 2,566 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and 3,542 in Gilgit.

The coronavirus has killed 2,227 people in Punjab and 2,469 in Sindh, while the death toll in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has risen to 1,258, 180 in Islamabad, 145 in Balochistan, 83 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 70 in Azad Kashmir.

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There are facilities for corona patients in 735 hospitals in Pakistan and the number of ventilators for corona patients in hospitals is 1,920.

There are 132 testing laboratories operating in the country and trace, test, and quarantine strategies are working effectively in several cities.

According to the government, the graph of coronavirus cases in Pakistan is constantly declining but the threat is not over yet.