Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surge to 40115, death toll reaches 873

The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 40,115 along with a death toll of 873. There were 1,374 cases reported in the country on Saturday together with 39 fatalities.

Sindh Health and Population Welfare Department reported 13 more fatalities in the province in their coronavirus update. This brings the provincial death toll to 268.

Update of #Covid_19 in #Sindh as on 16.05.2020

#SindhHealth #CoronaVirusPakistan pic.twitter.com/CLUKvNBLlZ
— Health, SW, PHE & RD Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) May 16, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported 14 more fatalities in their daily COVID-19 update bringing the provincial death toll to 305 which remains the highest of all all provinces.

169 new cases confirmed (7 from Int'l flights quarantine center) taking total to 5,847 in KP. 14 new deaths were reported (7 Peshawar, 3 Swat, 1 each in Lower Dir, Mardan, Kohat, Bajaur) taking total to 305. 86 new patients recovered taking tally to 1,699. Active cases at 3,843. pic.twitter.com/XxnnODZP8E
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 16, 2020

Punjab reported seven more fatalities according to the daily coronavirus update by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). This brings Punjab’s death toll to 252.

14,584 people have been infected with #COVID19 in Punjab till 10 pm May 16, 2020. 383 new cases of #coronavirus have been detected, 6,266 tests performed & 7 more lives have been lost in the #CoronavirusPandemic during the last 24 hours. 252 lives have been lost in the province pic.twitter.com/gfnftmBcBA
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 16, 2020

Balochistan reported four more fatalities according to the Daily Situation Report released by the Provincial Health Department. This brings the death toll of Balochistan to 36.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan — Balochistan Daily Situation Report.

Gilgit Baltistan reported no new deaths in the Daily Situation Report issued by the Health Department. There were however a few more cases in the region but the situation.

Daily situation dashboard #COVID19 in Gilgit-Baltistan @RandhawaAli @HomeDeptGB #CombatCoronaVirus #CoronaFreeGB #InshAllah #StayHomeStaySafe pic.twitter.com/y0CTcamj09
— Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan (@HealthDeptGB) May 16, 2020

Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 01:00am on 17 May 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	15590	268
Punjab	14584	252
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	5847	305
Balochistan	2544	36
Islamabad	921	7
Gilgit Baltistan	527	4
AJK	108	1
TOTAL	40115	873

TOTAL RECOVERED: 10880

Global Update

The total number of global coronavirus cases have surged past 4.69 million along with a death toll of over 311,000 . Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures:

Country	Cases	Deaths
United States	1,497,096	89,124
Spain	276,505	27,563
Russia	272,043	2,537
UK	240,161	34,466
Italy	224,760	31,763
Brazil	222,877	15,046
France	179,506	27,625
Germany	175,900	8,002
Turkey	148,067	4,096
Iran	118,392	6,937

Top 10 most affected countries.

United States remains the worst affected country a huge percentage of global cases and deaths. European countries are now recovering as the daily numbers being reported have significantly improved in these countries.

However, Russia is currently reporting high number of coronavirus cases on a daily but the death toll still remains under control compared to other countries which reported similar numbers.

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