ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus has killed 19 more people in Pakistan, taking the death toll to 6,692.
According to the National Command and Operations Center, 660 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 324,744. There are 9,378 coronavirus patients under treatment in Pakistan and 38,674 have recovered.
The coronavirus has killed 2,319 people in Punjab and 2,587 in Sindh. The death toll in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has risen to 1,265, in Islamabad 199, in Balochistan 148, in Gilgit-Baltistan 90, and in Azad Kashmir 84.
The number of coronavirus cases in Islamabad has reached 18,309. Around 101,936 cases have been reported in Punjab, 142,348 in Sindh, 38,779 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 15,717 in Balochistan, 4,091 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 3,564 in Azad Kashmir.
There are facilities for coronavirus patients in 735 hospitals in Pakistan and the number of ventilators for coronavirus 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.
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According to the government, the graph of coronavirus cases in Pakistan is constantly coming down but the threat is not over yet. In this regard, the Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar said that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Pakistan has increased by 140 percent in the last week and warned the public against ignoring the safety protocols.
The warning from the federal minister came a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan sounded alarm bells saying he feared a “second coronavirus spike” in cities such as Faisalabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, and Gujranwala, as the winter season approaches.
