Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surge to 34325, death toll reaches 736

The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 34,325 after 2,281 more cases were reported on Tuesday along with 31 more fatalities bringing the country’s death toll to 736. Punjab reported almost 1,400 cases alone.

The Sindh Health and Population Welfare Department reported 18 more fatalities today bringing the provincial death toll to 218. This was the highest single day death toll reported by the province.

Update of #Covid_19 in #Sindh as on 12.05.2020

#SindhHealth #CoronaVirusPakistan pic.twitter.com/8dT3RMhw3U
— Health and Population Welfare Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) May 12, 2020

Health Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported 10 more fatalities bringing the provincial death toll to 267 which remains the highest reported figure in Pakistan.

146 new cases were reported today taking the total confirmed cases to 5,021 in KP. 10 new deaths were reported (5 Peshawar, 3 Mardan, 1 Swabi, 1 Malakand) taking the total to 267. 49 new patients recovered taking the tally to 1,305 in KP. Active cases at 3,449. pic.twitter.com/YBdiGauTjG
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 12, 2020

Punjab reported three more fatalities which brings the provincial death toll to 214. Punjab also reported a huge spike in the number of cases reported today which were 1,390.

13,259 individuals have been infected with #Covid_19 in Punjab. 1,390 new cases have been detected, 3 lives have been lost and 5,098 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hrs. 214 lives have been lost in Punjab due to #CoronavirusOutbreak till now #StayAtHome pic.twitter.com/KmBTNafyZI
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 12, 2020

Balochistan reported no deaths according to the daily situation report issued by the provincial health department. Although there were several more new coronavirus cases reported in the province.

Covid-19 Daily situation report
12/05/2020 pic.twitter.com/lm6bezrf5a
— Govt. of Balochistan (@dpr_gob) May 12, 2020

The Health Department of Gilgit Baltistan also reported new cases with no new fatalities. Recovery rate in the province remains high.

District wise distribution of #COVID19 cases in Gilgit-Baltistan @DCGILGIT @DCNagarGB @DC_Ghizer @DCSkardu @DCDiamer @DKharmang @DCGhanche @DeputyHunza @AstoreDeputy #CombatCorona #CoronaFreeGB #InshAllah pic.twitter.com/ovCwFk327d
— Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan (@HealthDeptGB) May 12, 2020

Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 1:30am on 13 May 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	12610	218
Punjab	13259	214
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	5021	267
Balochistan	2158	27
Islamabad	716	6
Gilgit Baltistan	475	4
AJK	86
TOTAL	34325	736

TOTAL RECOVERED: 8555

Global Update

Global coronavirus cases have surged past 4.32 million while the death toll has topped 291,500. Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures:

Country	Cases	Deaths
United States	1,402,913	83,159
Spain	269,520	26,920
Russia	232,243	2,116
UK	226,463	32,692
Italy	221,216	30,911
France	178,225	26,991
Brazil	173,141	12,065
Germany	173,034	7,718
Turkey	141,475	3,894
Iran	110,767	6,733

Top 10 most affected countries.

United States remains the most affected country with the highest number of cases and fatalities. The number of coronavirus cases in Russia keep mounting as the country now the third highest number of cases globally.

Other European countries like Spain, Italy, UK and France are now reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases and fatalities.

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