Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surge to 24041, death toll reaches 564

The total number of coronavirus in Pakistan have surged to 24,041 after more than 1,500 cases were reported on Wednesday, 6 May 2020, by respective provincial departments for the mentioned date. Apart from cases 38 more fatalities were also reported bringing the country’s death toll to 564.

Sindh reported nine more fatalities due to coronavirus according to Senator Murtaza Wahab the Provincial Health and Population Welfare Department in their daily updates on Twitter. This brought the provincial death toll to 157.

Update of #Covid_19 in #Sindh as on 06.05.2020

#SindhHealth #CoronaVirusPakistan pic.twitter.com/RH8PK6JY0n
— Health, SW, PHE & RD Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) May 6, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department also reported nine more fatalities that brought the provincial death toll to 203.

213 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 3,712 in KP. 9 new deaths were confirmed (6 Peshawar, 1 each Mardan, Swabi, Malakand) taking the tally to 203. 64 new patients recovered, taking the tally to 939 in KP. Active cases stand at 2,570. pic.twitter.com/MAmkm4pF7h
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 6, 2020

Balochistan government also issued their daily situation report according to which there was one more death which brought the total fatalities of the province to 21.

Balochstan Command and Operation Centre releass detailed statistics of #COVID19 tests and positive cases.#DGPR @jam_kamal @LiaquatShahwani @FazeelAsgharDMG @HealthDeptBlo @ZahoorBuledi @spurlai_watan @PDMABalochistan @BalochistanMed3 @BalochistanMed3 pic.twitter.com/bB94K4occG
— Govt. of Balochistan (@dpr_gob) May 6, 2020

However, there were four more cases reported later by Balochistan Government Spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani but no more fatalities.

#بلوچستان میں #کورونا سے متاثرہ افراد کی تعداد
1663 ہوگئی۔

مذید 168 افراد میں کورونا کی تشخیص ہوگئی۔

آج 793 ٹیسٹ رپورٹس موصول ہونے جن میں سے 168 مثبت اور 625 منفی نتائج سامنے آئے۔

153 کا تعلق #کوئٹہ، 7 چمن، 4 پشین اور 4 کا تعلق لسبیلہ سے ہے۔
— Liaquat Shahwani (@LiaquatShahwani) May 6, 2020

Punjab reported 19 more fatalities according to the daily report by the Provincial Disaster and Management Authority (PDMA). This brings the provincial death toll to 175

9,077 people have been infected with #Covid_19 in Punjab as of 9 pm today. 175 live have been lost in #CoronavirusPandemic while 3,180 individuals have recovered. Lahore remains the most affected district with 3,338 #coronavirus cases. Help end #CoronaInPakistan & #StayHome pic.twitter.com/vTdRPRcMz7
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 6, 2020

There have been no more deaths in Gilgit Baltistan and the number of cases also remains under control and the recovery rate high.

District wise distribution of #COVID19 cases in Gilgit-Baltistan
@DCGILGIT @deputy_hunza @DC_Ghizer @DCNagarGB @DCSkardu @DCDiamer @DCGhanche #FightCorona #CoronaFreeGB #InshaAllah pic.twitter.com/dNsGmdHD6q
— Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan (@HealthDeptGB) May 6, 2020

Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 1:00am on 7 May 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	8640	157
Punjab	9077	175
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	3712	203
Balochistan	1663	22
Islamabad	485	4
Gilgit Baltistan	388	3
AJK	76
TOTAL	24041	564

TOTAL RECOVERED: 5217

Global Update

The total number of coronavirus cases globally have surged past 3.79 million and the global death toll has topped 262,500. United States remains the most affected country which has had the most cases as well as fatalities.

Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures:

Country	Cases	Deaths
United States	1,249,791	73,633
Spain	253,682	25,857
Italy	214,457	29,684
UK	201,101	30,076
France	174,191	25,809
Germany	167,575	7,190
Russia	165,929	1,537
Turkey	131,744	3,520
Brazil	121,600	8,022
Iran	101,650	6,418

Top 10 most affected countries.

Apart from the United States Russia is now also seeing a rapid increase in the number of cases being reported as the virus reaches in peak in the country.

UK has now become the country with second highest death toll followed by the United States and the highest death toll in Europe.

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