Coronavirus cases in Pakistan - Update [24 May 2020]

The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 56,288 while the death toll of the country has reached 1,164. There were 1,848 cases reported across Pakistan on Sunday (24 May 2020) along with 33 more fatalities.

Sindh reported 13 more fatalities according to the Chief Minister of Sindh Murad Shah on the Sindh Chief Minister House Facebook page. This brings the provincial death toll to 367.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department updated about the coronavirus cases today reporting nine more fatalities in the province. This brings the provincial death toll to 398.

220 new cases confirmed (5 from Int'l flights center) taking total to 7,905. 9 more lives were lost (3 Malakand, 2 Peshawar, 2 Nowshera, 1 Mardan, 1 Abbottabad) taking total to 398. 73 more patients recovered taking tally to 2,469 in KP. Active cases at 5,038. pic.twitter.com/M9x40p2Eon
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 24, 2020

Punjab reported five more fatalities in the province according to the daily coronavirus update by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). This brings the provincial death toll to 337.

337 lives had been lost in Punjab #CoronavirusPandemic till date while 6,091 people have recovered and 206,041 tests have been performed. 1,886 healthcare workers have been tested for #coronavirus out of which 241 have tested positive.#WashYourHands #WearAMaskItsSafer #staysafe
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 24, 2020

Balochistan reported one more fatality according to the Daily Situation Report issued by the Provincial Health Department. This brings the provincial death toll to 40.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan — Balochistan Daily Situation Report (24 May 2020).

Gilgit Baltistan reported three more fatalities today according to the Daily Situation report issued by the GB Health Department. There were no new cases reported in the region.

District wise distribution of cases of COVID19 in Gilgit-Baltistan #covid19 #StayHome #CoronaFreeGB #InshaAllah pic.twitter.com/YO4hxMwqxf
— Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan (@HealthDeptGB) May 24, 2020

Islamabad reported two more fatalities raising the death toll in the capital city to 14 according to the Government of Pakistan Official Coronavirus Dashboard at covid.gov.pk/stats/pakistan.

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

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	22491	367
Punjab	20077	337
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	7905	398
Balochistan	3407	40
Islamabad	1592	14
Gilgit Baltistan	619	7
AJK	197	1
TOTAL	56288	1164

TOTAL RECOVERED: 17198

Global Update

The total number of coronavirus cases globally have crossed 5.46 million while the death toll has topped 345,000. Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures as of making this post:

Country	Cases	Deaths
United States	1,677,870	99,057
Brazil	352,744	22,291
Russia	344,481	3,541
Spain	282,852	28,752
UK	259,559	36,793
Italy	229,858	32,785
France	182,584	28,367
Germany	180,250	8,371
Turkey	156,827	4,340
India	138,536	4,024

Top 10 most affected countries.

India has now taken its place in the top 10 most affected countries by this coronavirus pandemic when it comes to the total number of infected. While the worst affected country by death toll remains the United States.

Iran which was on the list has been replaced by India.

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