Coronavirus cases in Pakistan cross 50,000 - Update [21 May 2020]

The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 50,593 while the death toll in the country has reached 1,065. There were 2,614 new cases reported on Thursday along with 48 more fatalities.

Sindh Health and Population Welfare Department reported 20 more fatalities in their daily coronavirus update bringing the provincial death toll to 336.

Update of #Covid_19 in #Sindh as on 21.05.2020

#SindhHealth #CoronaVirusPakistan pic.twitter.com/JRDDzqXQ5L
— Health, SW, PHE & RD Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) May 21, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported 14 more fatalities in the province in their daily coronavirus update. This brings the provincial death toll to 365.

340 new cases confirmed (59 from Int'l flights quarantine center) taking the total to 7,155 in KP. 14 more lives were lost (7 Peshawar, 2 each in Karak and Bajaur, 1 each in Charsadda, Abbottabad and Kohat) taking total to 365 in KP. 68 patients recovered taking total to 2,198. pic.twitter.com/rs6uDf1LWK
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 21, 2020

Punjab reported 13 more fatalities according to the daily coronavirus update by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) which brings the total provincial death toll to 310.

18,455 people have been infected with #Covid_19 in Punjab till 10 pm May 21, 2020. 1,073 new cases of #coronavirus have been detected, 5,931 tests have been performed while 13 lives have been lost in the province in last 24 hrs. 310 people have now died in #CoronavirusPandemic pic.twitter.com/FedaF7UNvX
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 21, 2020

Balochistan Health Department reported one more fatality in the province bringing their total provincial death toll to 39 according to the Daily Situation Report.

Gilgit Baltistan reported no new fatalities in their Daily Situation Report. However, there were a few more cases reported by the GB Health Department.

Daily situation dashboard of Covid-19 in Gilgit-Baltistan@EhsanMKhan @RandhawaAli @CMGBPK @HomeDeptGB @IDGB_Official #FightCorona #CoronaFreeGB #InshaAllah pic.twitter.com/ABMkUqnnOZ
— Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan (@HealthDeptGB) May 21, 2020

Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 01:30am on 22 May 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	19924	336
Punjab	18455	310
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	7155	365
Balochistan	3074	39
Islamabad	1235	10
Gilgit Baltistan	602	4
AJK	148	1
TOTAL	50593	1065

TOTAL RECOVERED: 14155

Global Update

Total coronavirus cases globally have surged past 5.16 million while the death toll has topped 332,500. Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures:

Country	Cases	Deaths
United States	1,614,514	96,050
Russia	317,554	3,099
Brazil	296,113	19,156
Spain	280,117	27,940
UK	250,908	36,042
Italy	228,006	32,486
France	181,826	28,215
Germany	178,945	8,303
Turkey	153,548	4,249
Iran	129,341	7,249