ISLAMABAD – At least 71 people lost lives due to the COVID-19 with mostoccurred in Punjab while 2,463 new infections were reported during the last24 hours in Pakistan, the National Command & Operation Centre said onFriday.

The death toll surged to 10,176 while the total number of confirmed caseshas jumped to 482,178.

At least 4,960 patients have recovered from the virus in a day while atotal number of recoveries stands at 437,229.

The total count of active cases stands at 34,777.

Sindh remains first in terms of confirmed cases followed by Punjab andother provinces.

Till now 215,679 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 138,608 inPunjab, 58,701 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 37,888 in Islamabad, 18,168 inBalochistan, 8,277 in Azad Kashmir and 4,857 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Moreover, 4,042 individuals have lost their lives in Punjab 3,560 in Sindh,1,649 in KP, 419 in Islamabad, 222 in Azad Kashmir, 183 in Balochistan, and101 in GB.

Pakistan has conducted 41,039 in the last 24 hours while 6,737,107sampleshave been tested so far.