Pakistan surpasses grim milestone of 10,000 COVID-19 deaths

KARACHI: Another 55 people have lost their lives in Pakistan due to the global epidemic coronavirus and the total number of deaths has risen to 10,047.

According to the National Command and Control Center, 2,155 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 477,240.

In Pakistan, 430,113 coronavirus patients have recovered and 37,080 are undergoing treatment.

The highest number of deaths due to coronavirus was in Punjab where 3,982 people lost their lives while 3,520 in Sindh, 1,627 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 415 in Islamabad, 101 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 182 in Balochistan, and 220 in Azad Kashmir.

The number of coronavirus cases in Islamabad is 37,556, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 57,982, Sindh 213,193, Punjab 137,295, Balochistan 18,118, Azad Kashmir 8,241 and Gilgit-Baltistan 4,8522 people have been affected by a coronavirus.

According to the National Command and Operations Center, the rate of coronavirus positive cases across the country has risen to 5.92%. The coronavirus positive case rate in Karachi is higher at 13.84%.

Hyderabad has 8.79 percent, Swat 7.89, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 2.14, Balochistan 4.95, Islamabad 3.98, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5.87, Punjab 4.44, and Sindh 8.40 percent positive cases. The condition of 2,219 coronavirus patients across the country is critical.