Coronavirus kills 82 people during last 24 hours raising death toll to 1770

Coronavirus kills 82 people during last 24 hours raising death toll to 1770.

According to official figures, 30,128 patients have so far recovered from the disease.

Coronavirus kills 82 people

Covid19 related eighty two deaths reported over the last twenty-four hours.

Hence, the death toll rose to 1770.

Meanwhile, 20, 167 corona tests carried out during this period.

In that, 4688 new coronavirus cases have surfaced in the country.

It took the total tally to 85,264.

These include 31,104 in Punjab, 32, 910 in Sindh, 11,373 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 5, 224 in Balochistan, 3544 in Islamabad, 824 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 285 in Azad Kashmir.

On the other hand, government has announced launching an effective media campaign across the country to create awareness and to educate the masses for voluntary compliance of SOPs.

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar made this announcement.

Meanwhile, World Health Organization has expressed concern about Central and South America regarding increasing patients.

He said many countries in the said continents are witnessing accelerating epidemics.

The Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this during a virtual press conference.

He cited that the number of COVID-19 cases reported each day in the Americas for several weeks have remained more than rest of the world put together.

However, WHO continues to work to monitor the pandemic, to support countries to respond and to adapt our guidance for every situation.

GTV