The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 57,616 while the country’s death toll has reached 1,196. There were 1,328 cases reported on Monday along with 32 more fatalities.
Sindh reported just two more fatalities according to Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah while giving the daily situational report regarding the coronavirus cases in the province. This brings the provincial death toll to 369.
Note: This update is based on several online sources including Dawn and GEO. Personally, we couldn’t find any official sources regarding today’s updates.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported 10 more fatalities according to their coronavirus update. This brings the provincial death toll to 408.
Punjab reported 15 more fatalities in the province according to the daily coronavirus report by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). This brings provincial death toll to 352.
Balochistan reported one more fatality bringing the provincial death toll to 41 according to the Daily Situation Report by the Provincial Health Department.
Gilgit Baltistan reported one more fatality according to the Daily Situation Report by the GB Health Department bringing regional death toll to 8.
There were also two more fatalities in Islamabad bringing the death toll of the capital city to 16 while there was one more death reported in Azad Jammu and Kashmir bringing the death toll over there to two. This was updated on the Government of Pakistan’s Official Coronavirus Dashboard at covid.gov.pk/stats/pakistan.
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Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 1:00am on 26 May 2020.
Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)
Province | Cases | Deaths |
Sindh | 22934 | 369 |
Punjab | 20654 | 352 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 8080 | 408 |
Balochistan | 3468 | 41 |
Islamabad | 1641 | 16 |
Gilgit Baltistan | 630 | 8 |
AJK | 209 | 2 |
TOTAL | 57616 | 1196 |
Global Update
The total number of coronavirus cases globally have crossed 5.56 million while the death toll has topped 346,500. Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures as of making this post:
Country | Cases | Deaths |
United States | 1,700,541 | 99,684 |
Brazil | 367,906 | 22,965 |
Russia | 353,427 | 3,633 |
Spain | 282,480 | 26,837 |
UK | 261,184 | 36,914 |
Italy | 230,158 | 32,877 |
France | 182,942 | 28,432 |
Germany | 180,688 | 8,413 |
Turkey | 157,814 | 4,369 |
India | 144,941 | 4,172 |
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