Pakistan records 2,260 new corona infections, 63 Deaths

The statistics of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has shown that the coronavirus pandemic claims 63 more lives, whereas, 2,260 new infections were reported during the last 24 hours.

In the past 24 hours, 63 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 9,816. 1,531 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 2,357 patients are in critical condition.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases now currently stands at 469,482.

A total of 36,909 tests were conducted across the country during this period. Overall 420,489 people have recovered from the deadly disease so far while 6,523,842 samples have been tested thus far.

As per NCOC statistics, 209,429 cases were reported in Sindh, 135,141 in Punjab, 56,875 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 18,061 in Balochistan, 39,981 in the federal capital Islamabad, 4,847 in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and 8,148 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

3,462 patients have died of coronavirus in Sindh, 3,858 in Punjab, 1,596 in KP, 404 in Islamabad, 181 in Balochistan, 101 in GB and 214 in AJK.
A total of 316 COVID-19 patients are put on ventilators in different medical facilities across the country, whereas, 2,840 patients are currently admitted to 615 hospitals.