Over 100 died of Covid19 during last 24 hours

Over 100 died of Covid19 during last 24 hours raising the death toll from the virus to 2,356.

As per latest official figures, 38,391 patients have so far recovered from the disease.

Over 100 died of Covid19

As many as 101 deaths reported over the last twenty-four hours.

26,573 corona tests were also carried out during this period.

5,834 new coronavirus cases have surfaced in the country over the last twenty-four hours. I took the total tally to 119,536.

These include 45,463 in Punjab, 43,790 in Sindh, 15,206 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 7,335 in Balochistan, 6,236 in Islamabad, 1,018 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 488 in Azad Kashmir.

On the other hand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has achieved the capacity to conduct 3,000 corona tests daily.

Provincial Minister for Health Taimur Saleem Jhagra said this.

In a message on his social media account twitter handle, he said people could call on 1700 for free corona test. Rapid Response Team of Health Department would visit their homes to collect specimen.

He urged people to adopt precautionary measures and follow approved standard operating procedure to contain the virus from spreading.

Meanwhile, the number of confirmed coronavirus infections passed the two million mark in the United States, on Thursday.

The pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 112,900 people which leads the world in the number of confirmed infections with 2,000,464.

Infections are still rising in 21 US states even as restrictions continue to be relaxed.

GTV