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Coronavirus cases in Pakistan cross 50,000 – Update [21 May 2020]

The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 50,593 while the death toll in the country has reached 1,065. There were 2,614 new cases reported on Thursday along with 48 more fatalities.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan
Coronavirus cases in Pakistan – Update [21 May 2020].

Sindh Health and Population Welfare Department reported 20 more fatalities in their daily coronavirus update bringing the provincial death toll to 336.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported 14 more fatalities in the province in their daily coronavirus update. This brings the provincial death toll to 365.

Punjab reported 13 more fatalities according to the daily coronavirus update by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) which brings the total provincial death toll to 310.

Balochistan Health Department reported one more fatality in the province bringing their total provincial death toll to 39 according to the Daily Situation Report.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan
Balochistan Daily Situation Rpeort [21 May 2020].

Gilgit Baltistan reported no new fatalities in their Daily Situation Report. However, there were a few more cases reported by the GB Health Department.

Read more: Pakistan Railways opens reservation offices in 7 cities.

Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 01:30am on 22 May 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

ProvinceCasesDeaths
Sindh19924336
Punjab18455310
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa7155365
Balochistan307439
Islamabad123510
Gilgit Baltistan6024
AJK1481
TOTAL505931065
TOTAL RECOVERED: 14155

Global Update

Total coronavirus cases globally have surged past 5.16 million while the death toll has topped 332,500. Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures:

CountryCasesDeaths
United States1,614,51496,050
Russia317,5543,099
Brazil296,11319,156
Spain280,11727,940
UK250,90836,042
Italy228,00632,486
France181,82628,215
Germany178,9458,303
Turkey153,5484,249
Iran129,3417,249
Top 10 most affected countries.

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