Coronavirus cases in Pakistan - Update [22 May 2020]

Total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 52,293 while the country’s death toll has reached 1,101. There were 1,700 more cases reported on Friday (22 May 2020) along with 36 more fatalities.

Sindh Health and Population Department reported four more fatalities in their daily coronavirus update which brings the provincial death toll to 340.

Update of #Covid_19 in #Sindh as on 22.05.2020

#SindhHealth #CoronaVirusPakistan pic.twitter.com/9rJJQLoC84
— Health and Population Welfare Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) May 22, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department reported 16 more fatalities today in their daily coronavirus update. This brings the provincial death toll to 381 which is the highest of all provinces in Pakistan.

236 new cases confirmed (16 from Int'l flights quarantine center) taking total to 7,391. 16 more lives were lost (9 Peshawar, 1 each in Nowshera, Mardan, Bajaur, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Kohat, Lakki Marwat) taking total to 381. 99 people recovered taking tally to 2,297 in KP. pic.twitter.com/yM4JhtbhWp
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 22, 2020

Punjab did not report any updates all day today. Punjab Health Department always reports figures that are a day old and those were included in our report yesterday. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) gives the latest figures although, no updates were released from that department today.

Update: Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has given the update for 22 May 2020 and reported 14 more fatalities bringing the provincial death toll to 324.

18,730 people have been infected with #Covid_19 in Punjab till 10 PM May 22, 2020. 275 new cases of #coronavirus have been detected, 5,315 tests performed and 14 more lives have been lost in the province in last 24 hours. 324 lives have been lost, 5,906 people have recovered. pic.twitter.com/kqn55EHgu8
— PDMA Punjab Official (@PdmapunjabO) May 23, 2020

There were no more fatalities reported in Balochistan according to the Balochistan Health Department and Balochistan Government Spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani.

#بلوچستان میں #کورونا سے متاثرہ افراد کی تعداد 3198 ہوگئی

آج 495 ٹیسٹ رپورٹس موصول ہونے، 124 مثبت اور371 منفی۔

762 افراد صحتیاب و 39 افراد جاں بحق ہوئے۔

صحتیاب ہونیوالےمریضوں کی تعداد میں تیزی سے اضافہ بہت بڑی خوشخبری ہے 8%اضافہ کیساتھ 24%ہوگیا
اموات میں 1% کمی کیساتھ 1% ہوگیا
— Liaquat Shahwani (@LiaquatShahwani) May 22, 2020

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

Daily situation dashboard of #COVID19 in Gilgit-Baltistan@EhsanMKhan @RandhawaAli @HealthDeptGB @IDGB_Official #covid19 #StayHome #CoronaFreeGB pic.twitter.com/91NaTXfZQ7
— Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan (@HealthDeptGB) May 22, 2020

Islamabad also reported two more fatalities according to the National Coronavirus Dashboard by the Government of Pakistan at covid.gov.pk/stats/pakistan. This brings the total deaths in the capital territory to 12.

Here is province wise breakdown of coronavirus cases in Pakistan as of 01:30am on 23 May 2020.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan (Province Breakdown)

Province	Cases	Deaths
Sindh	20883	340
Punjab	18730	324
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	7391	381
Balochistan	3198	39
Islamabad	1326	12
Gilgit Baltistan	607	4
AJK	158	1
TOTAL	52293	1101

TOTAL RECOVERED: 15201

Global Update

COVID-19 cases globally have surged past 5.27 million along with a death toll of 338,500. Here are the top 10 most affected countries with a their coronavirus figures:

Country	Cases	Deaths
United States	1,640,763	97,482
Russia	326,448	3,249
Brazil	319,069	20,541
Spain	281,904	28,628
UK	254,195	36,393
Italy	228,658	32,616
France	182,219	28,289
Germany	179,713	8,352
Turkey	154,500	4,276
Iran	131,652	7,300