Pakistan
Pakistan's daily Covid-19 cases cross 5500-mark first time since April
Islamabad: Daily coronavirus case count in Pakistan is above 5,000 along fatalities at highest point as fourth wave rages across country, with authorities linking the spike with the Delta variant of virus.
According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 5,661 cases of coronavirus were reported while 60 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 23,635.
The total number of confirmed cases reached to 1,053,660.
As many as 952,616 patients have recovered from the disease with 4,050 critical cases.
Punjab
The number of patients swelled to 360,494 in the province with 11,122 causalities.
Sindh
The number of infections has surged to 392,433 in the province, while the death toll has reached 6,098.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The confirmed cases have surged to 146,485 in the province with 4,495 casualties.
Balochistan
There are 30,880 confirmed cases while 329 patients have died from the infection so far.
AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
There are 25,778 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 636. On the other hand, there are 8,473 cases in GB with 148 coronavirus deaths.
Islamabad
There are 89,117 cases in the capital city while 807 people have lost their lives.