Pakistan has reported 40 more deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,494,293. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 29,917 on Thursday.
According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 2,870 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
561,683 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 497,307 in Punjab, 213,021in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 133,529 in Islamabad, 42,316 in Azad Kashmir, 35,163 in Balochistan and 11,274 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
