ISLAMABAD: A further 74 people have died in Pakistan due to the coronavirus and 1,563 new cases have been reported.
According to the National Command and Control Center, the total number of deaths from coronavirus in Pakistan has reached 11,450 while the total number of affected people has reached 537,477.
In the country, 492,207 people have recovered from coronavirus and the number of patients undergoing treatment is 33,820. The number of coronavirus cases in Islamabad is 40,972, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 65,953, Sindh 242,793, Punjab 155,214, Balochistan 18,765, Azad Kashmir 8,877 and Gilgit-Baltistan 4,903 people have been affected by a coronavirus.
The highest number of deaths due to coronavirus was in Punjab where 4,646 people lost their lives while Sindh lost 3,925, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1,857, Islamabad 469, Gilgit-Baltistan 102, Balochistan 193, and Azad Kashmir 258.
According to the National Command and Operations Center, the rate of positive cases of coronavirus in Karachi is 10.68 percent. The overall positive case rate in Islamabad is 1.18 percent, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5.25 percent, Punjab 5.97 percent, and Sindh overall 10.23 percent.
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The rate of positive cases of coronavirus in Azad Kashmir is 5.97 percent, in Balochistan 3.52 percent, and in Gilgit-Baltistan 0.56 percent. The first case of coronavirus in Pakistan came to light on 26th February while the first death from coronavirus was reported on 18th March.
