Pakistan during the past 24 hours has recorded 43 Covid-19 deaths the highest since coronavirus outbreak in the country, according to the data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), here on Tuesday.
According to the NCOC the total confirmed corona cases in Pakistan have jumped to 32,820, while the corona-related deaths climbed to 734 from 691.
Meanwhile, 8,555 patients have so far recovered.
Following the government decision to ease lockdown restrictions in the country, majority of the private offices in the twin cities of Rawalpindi/Islamabad excluding educational institutes, travel agents, restaurants and transportation have opened.
Other than mini buses, wagons and buses; private taxis, carry vans, rickshaws and other means of private transport have also started full fledged operations in the cities, which according to health professionals can result in mass spread of the Covid-19.
It is observed that in most parts of the twin cities, and adjacent areas of the Punjab, routine life has returned, as majority of the people have resumed normal activities without taking any precautionary measures.
Health professionals, while denouncing government policy to deal with the Covid-19 have said that apparently the government has adopted herd immunity system, allowing the people to catch as much coronavirus as they can, people with better immunity will survive and those weak will fall prey to the virus.
On Tuesday, Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Punjab, Balochistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan registered new Covid-19 deaths, which took the nationwide death toll to 734 from 691.
The province-wise break up of the total number of cases as of 4:55pm, on May 12, is as follows: Sindh highest 12,610 cases followed by Punjab with 11,869 cases, KP 5,021 cases, Balochistan 2,061 cases, the Islamabad Capital Territory 716 cases, Gilgit-Baltistan 457 cases, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) 86 cases.
So far, coronavirus has claimed 734 lives in Pakistan as Covid-19 deaths jumped up in KP from 257 to 267, Sindh coronavirus deaths reached 218 from 200, Punjab corona death tally jumped up from 197 to 211, Balochistan from 26 to 27, Gilgit-Baltistan four and six in Islamabad Capital Territory.
While the government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has also announced first death from coronavirus.
On the other hand, globally coronavirus cases are rapidly moving upwards as on Tuesday Covid-19 cases reached over 4.3 million from 4.2 million, while global corona death toll also jumped up to 289,038 from 284,748.
More than 43,570 cases have emerged during past 24 hours worldwide with over 1,901 fresh deaths in the past 24 hours.
Latest most-affected countries are USA with 1.39 million cases with over 82,083 deaths, followed by Spain with 269,520 cases and 26,920 deaths, Russia has reached third spot with 232,243 Covid-19 cases as almost 11,000 new cases were registered in Russia during past 24 hours, wherein death tally has reached 2,116, the UK 226,463 cases is at fourth position and 32,692 deaths of which 630 deaths recorded during past 24 hours, and Italy with 219,070 cases and 30,739 deaths is on fifth position.
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