Pakistan reports over 1,900 new coronavirus cases in one day

ISLAMABAD: A further 64 people have died in Pakistan due to the coronavirus and 1,910 new cases have been reported.

According to the National Command and Control Center, the total number of deaths from coronavirus in Pakistan has reached 11,514 while the total number of affected people has reached 539,387. In the country, 494,578 people have recovered from coronavirus and the number of patients undergoing treatment is 33,295.

The number of coronavirus cases in Islamabad is 41,076, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 66,198, Sindh 243,683, Punjab 155,805, Balochistan 18,788, Azad Kashmir 8,931 and Gilgit-Baltistan 4,906 people have been affected by the virus.

The highest number of deaths due to coronavirus was in Punjab where 4,661 people lost their lives while 3,957 people lost their lives in Sindh, 1,870 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 472 in Islamabad, 102 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 193 in Balochistan, and 759 in Azad Kashmir.

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.

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 February 26 while the first death from coronavirus was reported on March 18.