Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surge to 35722, death toll reaches 770

The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 35,722 after there were 1,397 cases reported on Wednesday along with 34 more fatalities bringing the country’s total death toll to 770.

Sindh reported 16 more fatalities according to the Health and Population Welfare Deparment in their daily coronavirus update bringing the provincial death toll to 234.

Update of #Covid_19 in #Sindh as on 13.05.2020

#SindhHealth #CoronaVirusPakistan

*Please note that all out of province cases have been moved to the Karachi count as they are being treated in Karachi* pic.twitter.com/W5yCepkq6V
— Health, SW, PHE & RD Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) May 13, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported eight more fatalities in the province on Wednesday which brings the provincial death toll to 275.

231 new cases confirmed today taking the total confirmed cases to 5,252 in KP. 8 new deaths were confirmed (4 Peshawar, 2 Nowshera, 1 Khyber, 1 Dir Lower) taking the total to 275. 87 new patients recovered taking the tally to 1,392. Active cases at 3,585. pic.twitter.com/qDEmRiJbz5
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 13, 2020

Punjab reported nine more fatalities according to the daily coronavirus report issued by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), This brings the provincial death toll to 223.

13,561 people have been infected with #COVID19 in Punjab. 302 new infections have been detected in the province in last 24 hrs while 9 more lives have been lost and 5,365 tests have been performed. 223 lives have been lost in the #CoronavirusPandemic pic.twitter.com/fCuXKZAVFp
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 13, 2020

There were no reported deaths in Gilgit Baltistan however there were a few more cases reported in the region according to their daily situation report.

Daily situation dashboard of COVID-19 cases in Gilgit-Baltistan@CMGBPK @EhsanMKhan @RandhawaAli @IDGB_Official #FightCorona #CoronaFreeGB #InshaAllah pic.twitter.com/OhDSSz7ZJj
— Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan (@HealthDeptGB) May 13, 2020

Balochistan Health Department also released their daily situation report with no new fatalities in the province. However, several new cases were reported.

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) also reported its first death in the region according to the Official Government Coronavirus Dashboard at covid.gov.pk/stats/pakistan.

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Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 1:30am on 14 May 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	13341	234
Punjab	13561	223
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	5252	275
Balochistan	2239	27
Islamabad	759	6
Gilgit Baltistan	482	4
AJK	88	1
TOTAL	35722	770

TOTAL RECOVERED: 8812

Global Update

The number of coronavirus cases globally have surged past 4.4 million along with a death toll of over 296,500. Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures:

Country	Cases	Deaths
United States	1,423,382	84,728
Spain	271,095	27,104
Russia	242,271	2,212
UK	229,705	33,186
Italy	222,104	31,106
Brazil	180,737	12,635
France	178,060	27,074
Germany	173,919	7,819
Turkey	143,114	3,952
Iran	112,725	6,783

Top 10 most affected countries.

United States remains at the top with the most number of cases and fatalities including the highest reported daily numbers due to the virus. Russia has also had a huge surge in the daily coronavirus cases being registered however, the death toll still remains under control compared to other countries with that much amount of cases.

Other European countries like Spain, Italy, France and UK have all seen a decline and huge improvement in the coronavirus situation.

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