ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has confirmed 31 deaths in a single day by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases reported during last 24 hours were 1,587.
With the 1,587 confirmed during last 24 hours the infections toll surged to 265,083 while with 31 new deaths confirmed the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 5,599.
The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) has confirmed that 1,587 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours and 31 deaths reported in the country.
According to figures released on National Coronavirus Dashboard of the NCOC at 10:00am on Monday July 20, the toll of coronavirus positive cases reached to 265,083 and Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of infections with 113,007 cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad.
The figure shows that 113,007 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 90,191 in Punjab, 32,086 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11,436 in Balochistan, 14,599 in Islamabad 1,849 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 1,915 in Azad Kashmir.
As far the death toll in concerned the figures shows overall 5,599 deaths were reported in the country with 2,083 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 1,993 in Sindh, 1,142 in KP, 132 in Balochistan, 159 in Islamabad, 43 in GB and 47 in Azad Kashmir.
Pakistan has so far conducted 1,740,768 coronavirus tests and 19,108 in last 24 hours. 205,929 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 1,552 patients are in critical condition.
