The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have reached 16,473 with over 700 cases being reported on Thursday. The death toll has reached 361 after 15 more fatalities were reported from Sindh and Punjab.
Health and Population Welfare Department Sindh reported 12 more deaths in their daily coronavirus report bringing the total fatalities in the province to 112.
There were three more deaths in Punjab reported by the Provincial Disaster and Management Authority (PDMA) bringing provincial total to 106.
However, there was no updated reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or Islamambad today about any new cases or fatalities.
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Here is a province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases as of 1:00am on 1 May 2020.
Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)
Province | Cases | Deaths |
Sindh | 6053 | 112 |
Punjab | 6340 | 106 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 2313 | 122 |
Balochistan | 1049 | 14 |
Islamabad | 313 | 4 |
Gilgit Baltistan | 339 | 3 |
AJK | 66 | |
TOTAL | 16473 | 361 |
Global Update
The total coronavirus cases globally have have topped 3.29 million while the death toll has reached over 233,000 with United States still reporting the most cases and fatalities on a daily basis.
United States has almost reached 1.1 million cases along with over 63,000 fatalities without any decline in the number of daily cases and deaths being reported.
The second highest number of coronavirus cases over 239,000 are in Spain which is significantly less than the United States. The number of fatalities is also less than half at 24,543.
Italy has the third highest number of coronavirus cases over 205,000 however, the death toll is the second highest in the world at 27,967.
There was a huge rise in the total death toll of UK after they added over 4.000 fatalities from care homes into the total as a result of coronavirus. This brought their death toll to 26,771. The total number of cases in the country are over 171,000.
France also saw a huge rise in the daily numbers being reported however, it has now significantly improved. The number of coronavirus cases are over 167,000 while the death toll is 24,376.
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