Islamabad: Pakistan has reported 33 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,500,320. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,009 on Sunday. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 1,644 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Online
Till now 13,441individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 8,029 in Sindh, 6,194 in KP, 1,002 in Islamabad, 781 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 373 in Balochistan, and 189 in GB.
Furthermore 563,967 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 498,724 in Punjab 214,698 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 133,764 in Islamabad, 42,599 in Azad Kashmir, 35,229 in Balochistan and 11,339 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan has so far conducted 26,094,825 coronavirus tests and 49,866 in the last 24 hours. 1,402,653 patients have recovered in the country whereas 1,386 patients are in critical condition.
The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 3.29 percent.
