ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus Second Wave has taken upward trend and during last 24 hours virus claimed 75 more lives around Pakistan, besides 2,829 more people were tested positive for COVID-19.
Coronavirus pandemic claimed 75 lives across Pakistan that took the overall death toll nationwide to 8,166 and with 2,829 new cases reported in the country that took the tally of positive cases to 403,311 on Wednesday.
According to the latest figures displayed on National Coronavirus Dashboard of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), the NCOC confirmed the death of 75 more people during last 24 hours besides reported that 2,829 persons tested positive for COVID-19.
The figure issued by NCOC stated that Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases surged to 175,642, followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Punjab has overtaken Sindh in most number of casualties.
Till now 175,642 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 120,356 in Punjab, 47,701 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 17,215 in Balochistan, 30,748 in Islamabad, 6,982 in Azad Kashmir and 4,667 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Country-wide death toll surged to 8,166 deaths and province wise figures surges to 3,066 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 2,962 in Sindh, 1,375 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 169 in Balochistan, 324 in Islamabad, 173 in Azad Kashmir and 97 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan has so far conducted 5,584,976 coronavirus tests and 35,197 in the last 24 hours. 345,365 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 2,244 patients are in critical condition.
