Pakistan reports 54 more coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Another 54 people lost their lives to coronavirus whereas 1,353 new infections were reported across Pakistan during the last 24 hours (Monday), showed the data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday morning.

As per the latest NCOC figures, after the addition of 54 new fatalities the death toll has surged to 13,281 while the number of total confirmed cases stood at 593,453, after adding 1,353 new infections.

 During the past 24 hours (Monday), 3,365 patients have recovered from the Covid-19 while the number of total recoveries stood at 563,823. The total count of active cases across Pakistan was 16,349.

As many as 259,956 coronavirus cases have so far been confirmed in Sindh, 178,648 in Punjab, 74,167 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 45,976 in Islamabad, 19,121 in Balochistan, 10,626 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and 4,959 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

As many as 5,600 individuals have lost their lives to the pandemic in Punjab, 4,436 in Sindh, 2,118 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 511 in Islamabad, 313 in Azad Kashmir, 201 in Balochistan and 102 in Gilgit Baltistan.

A total of 31,786 tests were conducted during the last 24 hours (Monday) while 9,278,613 samples have so far been tested.