Coronavirus cases in Pakistan – Update [23 May 2020]

Total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 54,440 while the country’s death toll has reached 1,131. There were 2,147 cases reported on Saturday along with 30 more fatalities from all over Pakistan.

Sindh reported 14 more fatalities according to the coronavirus update provided by the Provincial Health and Population Welfare Department. This brings the provincial death toll to 354.

Update of #Covid_19 in #Sindh as on 23.05.2020

#SindhHealth #CoronaVirusPakistan pic.twitter.com/WJiCbHdbTc

— Health and Population Welfare Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) May 23, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported eight more fatalities in the province today according to the coronavirus daily update. This brings the provincial death toll to 389.

294 new cases confirmed (64 from Torkham, 34 from Int'l flights center) taking total to 7,685. 8 more lives were lost (2 Peshawar, 1 each in Swabi, Swat, Buner, Abbottabad, Haripur and Kohat) taking total to 389. 99 new patients recovered taking the tally to 2,396. pic.twitter.com/KnQ5JCQ0y6

— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 23, 2020

Punjab also reported eight more fatalities bringing the provincial death toll to 332 according to the coronavirus update issued by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).

332 people have died in Punjab during #CoronavirusPandemic 197,225 tests have been conducted while 6,050 individuals have made full recovery in Punjab. 241 healthcare workers have tested positive for #coronavirus
Follow government issued SOPs, End #COVID19Pandemic

— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 23, 2020

There were no new deaths reported in Balochistan according to the Daily Situation Report issued by the Provincial Health Department. The number of fatalities in the province remain at 39 while new cases were registered.

Gilgit Baltistan Health Department did not issue a Daily Situation Report for 23 May 2020. We will update this post with the latest figures from GB for 23 May once the report is available.

Gilgit Baltistan did not report any more fatalities either according to the Daily Situation Report by the GB Health Department. Although there were a few more cases registered.

District wise distribution of COVID19 cases in Gilgit-Baltistan#FightCorona #CoronaFreeGB #InshaAllah pic.twitter.com/PxAU8UvAiX

— Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan (@HealthDeptGB) May 23, 2020

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Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 12:00am on 24 May 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	21645	354
Punjab	19557	332
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	7685	389
Balochistan	3306	39
Islamabad	1457	12
Gilgit Baltistan	619	4
AJK	171	1
TOTAL	54440	1131

Global Update

The total number of coronavirus cases globally have crossed 5.37 million while the death toll has topped 342,500. Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures as of making this post:

Country	Cases	Deaths
United States	1,656,213	98,243
Brazil	340,837	21,678
Russia	335,882	3,388
Spain	282,370	28,678
UK	257,154	36,675
Italy	229,327	32,735
France	182,469	28,332
Germany	179,768	8,354
Turkey	155,686	4,308
Iran	133,521	7,359

Brazil is now the second worst affected country when it comes to total number of coronavirus cases however, in terms of death European countries have the highest numbers following the United States.

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