Pakistan Records Highest Number Of Coronavirus Deaths In A Day

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These include 40,819 in Punjab, 39,555 in Sindh, 14,006 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 6,788 in Balochistan, 5,785 in Islamabad, 952 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 412 in Azad Kashmir.

The death toll from the virus stands at 2,172 with 105 deaths reported over the last twenty-four hours. 24,620 corona tests were also carried out during this period.35,018 patients have so far recovered from the disease.

According to government data, Pakistan has experienced the greatest increase in coronavirus deaths in a single day, with 17 new cases bringing the nation’s total death toll from the highly contagious virus to at least 192.

According to the data, Monday showed the largest increase in cases in Pakistan over any other day, with 705 confirmed cases bringing the total to 9,214.

The nation has been reducing controls in an effort to prevent stagnant growth from sparking an economic disaster.

At least 2,053 individuals in the nation have recovered from COVID-19 thus far, bringing the total number of current cases down to 6,969.

The government plans to ramp up to 25,000 tests each day, therefore the rise in cases has coincided with a slight increase in testing capacity.

111,806 tests, or 0.53 tests per thousand persons, have been conducted in Pakistan.

Government data indicates that the government looks to be well short of its target, with just 5,347 tests conducted on Monday.

Following an initial epidemic mostly caused by cases of travelers from neighboring Iran and other countries, Pakistan has seen a jump in local transmission of the virus, accounting for 65 percent of all cases as of this week, the de facto health minister of the country, Zafar Mirza, told reporters.

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