Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surge to 10503 and 220 deaths

Total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 10,503 with almost 800 new cases being reported on Wednesday along with 11 more fatalities bringing the total death toll to 220.

Senator Murtaza Wahab reported three more deaths in Sindh in his daily Twitter report about cases in the province. This brings the total death toll of the province to 69.

The following information is relevant to assess the situation of #COVIDー19 in Sindh as of 22nd April at 8 AM:

Total Tests 30346 (today 2097)
Positive Cases 3373 (today 320)
Recovered Cases 715
Deaths 69

In the last 24 hours, 50 people have recovered from corona in Sindh
— Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui (@murtazawahab1) April 22, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also reported three deaths in the daily report on Twitter by KP Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra and this brings the total death toll to 83.

Pakhtunkhwa #coronavirus report; April 22.

86 new cases and 3 new deaths.
79 new recoveries.

Total 1453 cases in KP (1336 within the province, 117 in quarantines) pic.twitter.com/mrHXSPpQf6
— Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra (@Jhagra) April 22, 2020

Chief Minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar also reported five more deaths in his end of day updates bringing total death toll to 56 in the province.

Punjab's #COVID19 stats (22-04-2020):
Total Tests performed: 66,030
Total Positive cases: 4,590
Non-quarantine cases from cities: 1,838
Quarantines: 2,752
Recovered: 790
Deaths: 56
Critical: 17#PunjabCoronavirusUpdate
— Usman Buzdar (@UsmanAKBuzdar) April 22, 2020

Here is a province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 1:00am on 23 April 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	3373	69
Punjab	4590	56
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	1453	83
Balochistan	552	6
Islamabad	194	3
Gilgit Baltistan	290	3
AJK	51
TOTAL	10503	220

TOTAL RECOVERED: 2156

Global Update

Total coronavirus cases globally have reached over 2.62 million along with a death toll of over 183,000 and United States is currently reporting the highest numbers on daily basis.

United States alone has over 837,500 coronavirus cases accounting for over 30 percent of global cases and a death toll of over 25 percent of the global figures being reported. The country is reporting as high as nearly 2,000 deaths each day along with over 20,000 new cases.

Spain has the second highest number of coronavirus cases over 208,000 and the third highest death toll of 21,717 while Italy has the second highest death toll of 25,085 with over 187,000 coronavirus cases which are the third highest. Both countries have seen an improvement in the daily numbers being reported compared to when the virus was at its peak.

France has recently seen that peak when the country reported a high number of coronavirus cases and fatalities everyday. Although these numbers have improvement, they are still very high. France has over 159,500 cases and a death toll of 21,340.

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