ISLAMABAD: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan onSaturday jumped to 19,533.
According to National Command and Operation Center, 981 cases were reportedacross the country in last 24 hours.
These include 7494 cases in Punjab, 7465 in Sindh, 3129 in KhyberPakhtunkhwa, 1172 in Balochistan, 364 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 365 in IslamabadCapital Territory and 67 in Azad Kashmir.
17 coronavirus deaths have been reported in last 24 hours in the country,the total number of deaths has crossed the 450 mark and now stands at 457.
According to the NCOC, 5114 patients have so far recovered while 12,982patients are still under treatment at the various hospitals.
The country has conducted 2,03,025 coronavirus tests thus so far.
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More than 243,004 people have died worldwide since Covid-19 pandemicsurfaced in China in December, as some countries are easing restrictionsdue to reduction in coronavirus cases, while in some countries the virus isstill playing havoc and deaths are increasing.
According to international media reports, in all, more than 3.4 millioncases have now been reported in 195 countries and territories.
In the United States, which has the highest toll, 66,621 people have died.Italy is the second hardest-hit country, with 28,710 dead, followed by theUnited Kingdom with 28,131, Spain 25,100 and France 24,594.
The coronavirus death toll in the United States climbed by 868 in a singleday, bringing the total number of fatalities to over 66,000. There are morethan 1.14 million cases in the country.
