Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surge to 11155 and 237 deaths

The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 11,155 along with country’s death toll rising to 237. There were over 600 new cases reported on Thursday and 17 fatalities.

Senator Murtaza Wahab reported four deaths in his daily Twitter report in the morning bringing the province death toll to 73 and the number of cases to 3671.

The following information is relevant to assess the situation of #COVIDー19 in Sindh as of 23rd April at 8 AM:

Total Tests 33028 (today 2682)
Positive Cases 3671 (today 298)
Recovered Cases 730
Deaths 73

In the last 24 hours, 15 people have recovered from corona in Sindh
— Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui (@murtazawahab1) April 23, 2020

Balochistan also reported 2 new fatalities which brings the number of deaths in the province to 8 while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also reported 2 more deaths bringing the province total to 85.

88 new cases confirmed today taking the total provincial tally to 1,541. 31 of the new cases were confirmed from our quarantine centers for Torkham and international flight returnees. 2 new deaths were reported taking tally to 85. 41 new recoveries, taking the tally to 455. pic.twitter.com/NW86ZNELEg
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) April 23, 2020

Chief Minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar reported the total death toll at 65 in his Thursday night report which brings the number of fatalities up by 9 since his report the night before.

115 more #COVID19 patients have recovered in Punjab taking total number of recoveries to 905 Alhamdulillah.

Other details:
Tests conducted so far: 67,882
Total Positive cases: 4,767
Quarantined: 2,769
Non-quarantined: 1998
Deaths: 65
Critical: 20#PunjabCoronavirusUpdate
— Usman Buzdar (@UsmanAKBuzdar) April 23, 2020

Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 1:00am on 24 April 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	3671	73
Punjab	4767	65
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	1541	85
Balochistan	607	8
Islamabad	214	3
Gilgit Baltistan	300	3
AJK	55
TOTAL	11155	237

TOTAL RECOVERED: 2337

Global Update

The total number of coronavirus cases globally have surged past 2.7 million while the total death toll has surpassed 189,000 with United States reporting the most cases and fatalities on a daily basis.

United States is reporting over 20,000 cases and near or over 2,000 fatalities every single day. The number of cases in the country are over 868,000 which make up more than 30 percent of the global cases while the number of deaths are 49,094 accounting for over 25 percent of the global death toll.

Spain has over 213,000 coronavirus cases which is the second highest and a death toll of 22,157 which is the third highest. The country has seen an improvement in the daily numbers being reported.

Italy has over 190,000 coronavirus cases and the second highest death toll at 25,549. Similar to Spain, there has been a significant improvement in the new cases and fatalities being reported daily although the number is still fairly high.

There have been nearly 15,000 deaths in France every day when the country hit its peak of the coronavirus outbreak however, that number has significantly improved in recent weeks. The number of cases are over 161,500 with a death toll of 21,856 which is still drastically high.

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