Corona virus claims 79 lives in the last 24 hours
LAHORE: As many as 79 people lost their lives due to coronavirus while 4213 people tested positive in the last 24 hours on Monday.
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As per the latest statistics by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 4,213 people tested positive for COVID-19 steering the total positive cases to 834146 mark while nationwide death tally has climbed to 18149.
45,954 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours across the country.The positivity rate of coronavirus cases stands at 9.16% with total cases at 834,146.
The number of active cases stands at 87,953 with the nationwide recoveries rising to 728,044.
Punjab remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic both in terms of cases as well as deaths followed by Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan.
So far, 306,929 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Punjab, 285,626 in Sindh, 120,064 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 22,620 in Balochistan, 76,209 in Islamabad, 17,371 in Azad Kashmir, and 5,327 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
As many as 8,572 individuals have lost their lives to the pandemic in Punjab, 4,667 in Sindh, 3,310 in KP, 237 in Balochistan, 691 in Islamabad, 483 in Azad Kashmir, and 107 in GB.
