The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 29,426 while the death toll has reached 638 with deaths with the numbers being reported out of Punjab being reduced over the last two days. We have discussed this below in this update.
The daily coronavirus update from the Sindh Health and Population Welfare Department reported four more fatalities bringing the provincial death toll to 180.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported 13 more fatalities bringing the provincial total to 234 in their daily COVID-19 update.
Gilgit Baltistan Health Department also reported one more fatality and the total provincial death toll is now four and the recovery rate remains high at 70 percent as total cases reach 430.
Now it’s time to discuss the total of Punjab and what’s been going on with it. Now, the total number of fatalities in the province is being reported at 192 by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and we’ve included this in our report.
However, the Health Department of Punjab reports the death toll at 191 which is strange as PDMA is working with the Health Department during the crisis and they’re number never match up.
PDMA Report:
Punjab Health Department Report:
The problem is that PDMA was reporting much higher numbers two days ago when it reached a total death toll of 194 in Punjab according to the report below.
However, the next day PDMA reported eight more fatalities while the total death toll dropped to 191 as can be seen in their report below.
Also, the Government has made the COVID-19 site for updates on cases however, they don’t know how to operate the site as it does not provide timely updates and sometimes isn’t updated for an entire day. This specific source for the latest figures is always outdated.
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Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 2:00am on 10 May 2020.
Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)
Province | Cases | Deaths |
Sindh | 10771 | 180 |
Punjab | 11093 | 192 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 4509 | 234 |
Balochistan | 1935 | 24 |
Islamabad | 609 | 4 |
Gilgit Baltistan | 430 | 4 |
AJK | 79 | |
TOTAL | 29426 | 638 |
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Global Update
The global coronavirus tally has surged past 4 million while the death toll has topped 279,000. The United States continues to report high figures on a daily basis and show no signs of slowing down.
Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures:
Country | Cases | Deaths |
United States | 1,341,281 | 79,823 |
Spain | 262,783 | 26,478 |
Italy | 218,268 | 30,395 |
UK | 215,260 | 31,587 |
Russia | 198,676 | 1,827 |
France | 176,658 | 26,310 |
Germany | 171,264 | 7,543 |
Brazil | 148,670 | 10,100 |
Turkey | 137,115 | 3,739 |
Iran | 106,220 | 6,589 |
European countries are improving when it comes to new cases and deaths especially Spain, Italy and more recently France which reported extremely high numbers.
UK is also seeing a decline in new cases and number of fatalities however we can see that Russia continues to get new cases at a very high rate everyday.
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