Coronavirus cases in Pakistan – Update [28 May 2020]

The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 63,623 while the country’s death toll has reached 1,312. There were 3,469 new cases registered on Thursday (28 May 2020) along with 72 more fatalities from across the country.

Sindh Health and Population Department reported 16 more fatalities in their coronavirus update bringing the provincial death toll to 396.

Update of #Covid_19 in #Sindh as on 28.05.2020

#SindhHealth #CoronaVirusPakistan pic.twitter.com/w4tkrEiGlf
— Health, SW, PHE & RD Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) May 28, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported seven more fatalities in the province according to their daily coronavirus update. This brings the provincial death toll to 432 which is the highest of all provinces in the country.

359 new cases reported in (67 from Int'l flights center) taking the total to 8,842. 7 more lives were lost (2 Peshawar, 1 each in Mardan, Swat, Malakand, Abbottabad and Kohat) taking the total to 432. 61 new patients recovered taking the tally to 2,693. Active cases at 5,717. pic.twitter.com/EqTzF11aWr
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 28, 2020

Punjab reported 19 more fatalities today bringing the provincial death toll to 381. However, this specific update shows figures from 27 May 2020 and were given on 28 May 2020 by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).

22,037 individuals have been infected with #Covid_19 & 381 lives have been lost during #coronavirus pandemic in Punjab till 10 PM May 27, 2020. 919 new cases have been detected, 19 more lives have been lost while 4,429 tests have been carried out in last 24 hours. #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/Ziee2KTD87
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 28, 2020

Note: Once we get the latest coronavirus figures for Punjab for 28 May 2020, we will add those to this post.

UPDATE: Punjab reported 29 more fatalities for 28 May 2020 according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). The table breakdown and post have been updated accordingly.

410 lives have been lost in Punjab in the #CoronavirusPandemic In all 223,074 tests have been conducted in the province while 6,338 individuals have made complete recovery including 153 in last 24 hours.
Practice #SocialDistancing & if you've cough and fever then isolate yourself pic.twitter.com/Tl3eOOsGbE
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 29, 2020

There were no deaths reported in Gilgit Baltistan according to the Daily Situation Report issued by the GB Health Department. However, there were several new cases reported in the region.

Daily situation dashboard of Covid-19 in Gilgit-Baltistan#FightCorona #CoronaFreeGB #InshaAllah pic.twitter.com/LNyori15nT
— Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan (@HealthDeptGB) May 28, 2020

Islamabad and Azad Jammu and Kashmir reported one fatality each bringing the death toll of Islamabad Capital Territory and AJK to 19 and 5 respectively according to the Government of Pakistan Official Coronavirus Dashboard at covid.gov.pk/stats/pakistan.

There were no coronavirus updates reported out of Balochistan on 28 May 2020.

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Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 1:00am on 29 May 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	25309	396
Punjab	22964	410
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	8842	432
Balochistan	3616	41
Islamabad	2015	19
Gilgit Baltistan	658	9
AJK	219	5
TOTAL	63623	1312

TOTAL RECOVERED: 20231

Global Update

The total number of coronavirus cases globally have crossed 5.86 million while the death toll has topped 360,000. Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures as of making this post:

Country	Cases	Deaths
United States	1,758,909	102,872
Brazil	418,608	25,935
Russia	379,051	4,142
Spain	284,986	27,119
UK	269,127	37,837
Italy	231,732	33,142
France	186,238	28,662
Germany	182,385	8,558
India	165,386	4,711
Turkey	160,979	4,461