Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surge to 11736 with 248 deaths

The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 11,736 with almost 600 new cases being reported on Friday along with 11 more fatalities raising the death toll to 248.

Two more coronavirus patients lost their lives in Balochistan bringing the death toll of the province to 10 as reported by the Health Department.

49 new cases of #COVIDー19 reported from #Balochistan
2 Patient under treatment have recovered
2 Patients under treatment expired
(24-4-2020)
— Health Department Balochistan (@HealthDeptBlo) April 24, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported four more fatalities in their daily coronavirus report on Twitter at the end of the day. This brings the death toll of KP to 89.

167 new cases were confirmed today out of which 56 were reported from quarantine centers for international passengers. Total cases in KP stand at 1,708. 4 new deaths were reported taking the tally to 89. 17 new recoveries were reported taking the tally to 477 in KP. pic.twitter.com/VbqOTgJV0Q
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) April 24, 2020

The Health and Population Welfare Department of Sindh also gave a report at the end of the day with two more fatalities bringing the total death toll of the province to 75.

Update of #Covid_19 in #Sindh as on 24.04.2020

#SindhHealth #CoronaVirusPakistan pic.twitter.com/lLDSUeT1J0
— Health, SW, PHE & RD Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) April 24, 2020

Chief Minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar missed his coronavirus updates for today and the last update available from Punjab is from the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) which reported four more deaths bringing the total to 68 in the province.

4,851 people are now infected with #Covid_19 in Punjab including 2,082 common citizens, 1,915 Tableeghi Ijtima attendants, 768 Zaireen and 86 prisoners. At 943, Lahore has the highest number of infections in Punjab. 67,882 tests have been carried out while 68 lives have been lost pic.twitter.com/EFJu6zDvg5
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) April 24, 2020

Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 1:00am on 25 April 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	3945	75
Punjab	4851	68
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	1708	89
Balochistan	656	10
Islamabad	214	3
Gilgit Baltistan	307	3
AJK	55
TOTAL	11736	248

TOTAL RECOVERED: 2527

Global Update

The total number of coronavirus cases globally have surged past 2.81 million and the death toll has surpassed 196,000 and United States is reporting the highest number of daily new cases as well as fatalities from COVID-19.

United States has over 912,000 coronavirus cases now which makes up over 32 percent of the global cases and the death toll has now surged to 51,453 which accounts for over 26 percent of the global death toll due to COVID-19.

Spain has over 219,000 coronavirus cases which are the second highest in the world along with 22,524 deaths which is the third highest. The country has seen a slight rise in the number of new cases reported today however there is an improvement in the reported fatalities.

Italy has the third highest number of cases over 193,000 and a death toll of 25,969 which is the second highest globally. There has been an improvement in recent weeks compared to the peak of the outbreak in the country.

France has reported high numbers as the coronavirus outbreak reached its peak in the country however, the daily number have improved in recent days. The number of cases are over 159,800 and the death toll is 22,245.

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