COVID-19 pandemic
-NCOC reports 1487 new virus cases, 24 fatalities in last 24 hours
-Country’s overall recoveries reach 236,596-Punjab records over 12000 COVID-19 recoveries in last 24 hours
-While active cases drop one-third to 29,504 in last 24 hours
By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: The country reported 1,487 new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally of cases to 271,887.
According to the latest figures released by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 24 deaths were also reported due to virus in last 24 hours. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 5,787.
Pakistan has so far conducted 1,844,986 coronavirus tests and 23,630 in last 24 hours. 236,596 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 1,316 patients are still in critical condition. Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad.
Till now 117,800 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 91,691 in Punjab, 32,071 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11,550 in Balochistan, 14,821 in Islamabad 1,742 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 2,012 in Azad Kashmir.
Meanwhile, Punjab reported 268 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the province’s total number of confirmed infections to 91,691.
According to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, eight more people died from the virus during the period, due to which the death toll in the province rose to 2,113.
12,892 more COVID-19 patients recuperated today, taking the number of recovered patients to 81,241 in the province.
The province has conducted overall 685,228 virus tests so far.
According to a district-wise breakdown of fresh coronavirus cases, Lahore reported 106 cases, five in Sheikhupura, 40 in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala 11, Attock 1.
Twelve new COVID-19 cases were reported in Sialkot, one in Narowal, six in Gujrat, nine in Multan, 13 in Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh two and five cases were reported in Rahim Yar Khan.
It is pertinent to mention here that the country reported 1,487 new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally of cases to 271,887.
According to the latest figures released by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 24 deaths were also reported due to virus in last 24 hours. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 5,787.
Pakistan has so far conducted 1,844,986 coronavirus tests and 23,630 in last 24 hours. 236,596 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country.
On the other hand, At least six more people have died from the novel coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the past 24 hours, bringing the COVID-19 death toll in the province to 1,176.
According to the statics released by the provincial health department, 149 new cases of coronavirus were reported during the past 24 hours, making the total count of the infected people in the province 33,220.
The report said that as many as 27,017 active patients of the virus have recovered from the ailment so far including 148 new during the past 24 hours.
Earlier on July 23, the novel coronavirus had claimed 11 more lives and infected 145 people during the past 24 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the statics released by the provincial health department, at least 11 more people had died from the novel coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the past 24 hours, bringing the COVID-19 death toll in the province to 1,169.
Global virus cases
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 633,711 people across the globe.
At least 15,535,790 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 8,718,700 are now considered recovered.
The United States is the worst-hit country with 144,305 deaths from 4,038,864 cases. At least 1,233,269 people have been declared recovered.
After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 84,082 deaths from 2,287,475 cases, United Kingdom with 45,554 deaths from 297,146 cases, Mexico with 41,908 deaths from 370,712 cases, and Italy with 35,092 deaths from 245,338 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Belgium with 85 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by United Kingdom with 67, Spain 61, Italy 58, and Sweden 56.
Europe overall has 207,118 deaths from 3,026,149 cases, Latin America and the Caribbean 176,862 deaths from 4,155,166 infections, the United States and Canada 153,209 deaths from 4,151,349 cases, Asia 55,123 deaths from 2,334,358 cases, Middle East 24,528 deaths from 1,063,196 cases, Africa 16,702 deaths from 790,344 cases, and Oceania 169 deaths from 15,228 cases.
