40 more perish in Pakistan amid coronavirus surge

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 1,037 cases of coronavirus were reported while 40 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 22,321.

The total number of cases has reached 958,408.

As many as 904,320 patients have recovered from the disease with 1,844 critical cases.

Punjab                            

The number of patients swelled to 346,301 in the province with 10,755 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 337,674 in the province, while the death toll has reached 5,464.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 138,068 in the province with 4,320 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 27,178 confirmed cases while 309 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 20,343 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 583. On the other hand, there are 6,138 cases in GB with 111 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

There are 82,706cases in the capital city while 779 people have lost their lives.