ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Monday has reported 37 deaths in the last 24 hoursby Covid-19, as the number of positive cases has surged to 420,294.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and OperationCenter (NCOC), the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 8,398 as 37more died in one day. Another 2,539 patients are in critical condition.

So far, a total of 356,542people have recovered from the novel virus whilethe active number of cases stands at 55,354. The positivity rate has surgedto 9.7%.

Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of casesfollowed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad. Punjab has overtakenSindh in the most number of casualties.

Till now 184,486 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 123,762 inPunjab, 49,676 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 32,816 in Islamabad, 17,466 inBalochistan, 7,356 in Azad Kashmir and 4,732 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Moreover, 3,177 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab3,019 in Sindh, 1,413 in KP, 341 in Islamabad, 181 in Azad Kashmir, 169 inBalochistan, and 98 in GB.

Pakistan has so far conducted 5,794,242 coronavirus tests and 39,076 in thelast 24 hours.link

The positivity rate climbed to 9.71% after 5 months. Moreover, the countryhas a recovery rate of over 84%.