Coronavirus in Pakistan: death toll soars to 124, infection cases to 1,645

ISLAMABAD: The total number of coronavirus infection cases in the country has soared to 6,505 and death toll to 124.

The infection cases include 3,217 in Punjab, 1,668 in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 912, Balochistan 280, Islamabad Capital Territory 145, Gilgit-Baltistan 237, and Azad Kashmir 46 cases.

So far 1,645 patients of Coronavirus have been recovered, while 124 died (Sindh: 41, Punjab: 34, KP: 42, ICT: 01, Balochistan: 03 and GB: 03) and 39 others are in a critical condition.

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According to National Command and Operation Center on Thursday morning (8:30am), 78,979 tests have been conducted since outbreak of the pandemic. Local transmission is 58 percent and foreign travel 42 percent.

The government has made ready five hundred and eighty-eight hospitals with Covid facilities with 1370 patients admitted across the country, while 542 quarantine facilities have been established with 16,775 people housed in them.