Sindh became the first province in the country to record 41303 coronavirus cases after 1748 new cases were reported on Tuesday.

Sindh Spokesperson Murtaza Wahab announced on his Twitter handle that the province in the last 24 hours tested 6995 people out of which 1748 tested positive.

He said so far the province has conducted the test of 246,517 people out of which 41303 people have been infected with the novel virus.

Wahab also said that in the past 24 hours, 17 also lost their lives to coronavirus. "Sindh has so far lost 696 people," he added.

The senator continued that 759 people have also recovered from the disease.