Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surge to 38741, death toll reaches 834

The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 38,741 along with a death toll of 834. There were over 1,500 cases reported on Friday along with 32 more fatalities.

Sindh Health and Population Welfare Deparment reported 12 more fatalities in the provincial bringing the death toll for Sindh to 255 in their daily coronavirus update.

Update of #Covid_19 in #Sindh as on 15.05.2020

#SindhHealth #CoronaVirusPakistan pic.twitter.com/gkcrrlfHHE
— Health, SW, PHE & RD Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) May 15, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported seven more fatalities in their daily coronavirus update bringing the provincial death toll to 291.

255 new cases confirmed (40 from Torkham, 15 from int'l flights quarantine centers) taking total to 5,678 in KP . 7 new deaths reported (4 Peshawar, 2 Mardan, 1 Swabi) taking total to 291. 108 new patients recovered taking total to 1,613 in KP. Active cases at 3,774. pic.twitter.com/VV3KXdyclS
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 15, 2020

Punjab reported 11 more fatalities according to the coronavirus update by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) bringing the provincial death toll to 245.

245 precious lives have been lost in Punjab during #CoronavirusPandemic while 157,200 tests have been performed in total. 184 healthcare workers have been infected with #COVID in the province. 4,757 people have recovered in Punjab from #coronavirus
#WashYourHands #StaySafe
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 15, 2020

There was one more death reported in Balochistan according to the Provincial Health Department’s Daily Situation report. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 31.

Islamabad also reported one more death according to the government’s official Coronavirus Dashboard at covid.gov.pk/stats/pakistan. This brings the total number of fatalities in the capital city to seven.

Gilgit Baltistan reported no new deaths in the region according to their daily coronavirus update. However, there were a few more new cases that were reported.

Daily situation dashboard of #COVID19 in Gilgit-Baltistan@RandhawaAli @HomeDeptGB @IDGB_Official #FightCorona #CoronaFreeGB #InshaAllah pic.twitter.com/ZY2Vx6aXHs
— Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan (@HealthDeptGB) May 15, 2020

Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 01:00am on 16 May 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	14916	255
Punjab	14201	245
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	5678	291
Balochistan	2457	31
Islamabad	866	7
Gilgit Baltistan	518	4
AJK	105	1
TOTAL	38741	834

TOTAL RECOVERED: 10155

Global Update

The total number of coronavirus cases globally have surged past 4.6 million while the death toll has topped 307,000. Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures:

Country	Cases	Deaths
United States	1,476,200	88,086
Spain	274,367	27,459
Russia	262,843	2,418
UK	236,711	33,998
Italy	223,885	31,610
Brazil	212,198	14,455
France	178,870	27,529
Germany	175,388	7,951
Turkey	146,457	4,055
Iran	116,635	6,902

Top 10 most affected countries.

United States has the most amount of cases as well as deaths including the most reported numbers on a daily basis. European countries are recovering and reporting a decline in new cases and fatalities.

However, Russia is reporting high daily coronavirus numbers but considering the total number of infections in the country, the death toll still remains under control compared to other countries with the same amount of infected people by coronavirus.

Brazil is also reporting a rise in the total number of cases and fatalities including the daily numbers being reported.

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