COVID-19: Pakistan records highest single-day increase, tally at 1,39,230

Pakistan has recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases in a single day with 6,825 new patients, taking tally to 1,39,230, while more than 80 people lost ir lives in last 24 hours, health ministry said on Sunday.

Ministry of National Health Services said that country’s death toll due to COVID-19 has reached 2,632 with 81 more fatalities.

It said that in last 24 hours, 6,825 people tested positive for coronavirus, highest number of increase in a single day so far, taking total number of cases to 1,39,230.

number of people who have so far recovered has reached 51,735, it said.

But on or side, number of patients in two largest provinces of Punjab and Sindh crossed 50,000 each.

According to ministry data, Punjab has 52,601 patients, Sindh 51,518, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 17,450, Balochistan 8,028, Islamab 7,934, Gilgit-Baltistan 1,095 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 604.

So far 868,565 tests have been conducted across country, including 29,546 in last 24 hours.

According to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, contagion has infected over 77,00,000 people and killed more than 4,30,000 across world. US is worst affected country with over 2.07 million cases and more than 1,15,000 deaths.

COVID-19, which originated in China's Wuhan city in December last year, has also battered world ecomy with International Monetary Fund saying that global ecomy is bound to suffer a "severe recession".

Scientists are racing against time to find a vaccine or medicine for its treatment. PTI SH CPS