Pakistan sees highest single-day death toll from coronavirus

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan suffered its highest daily death toll from coronavirus on Thursday, with 57 people succumbing to the disease.

It brings the total number of deaths in the country to nearly 13,17, according to figures released by the National Command and Operation Center on Friday morning.

At least 2,636 new coronavirus cases have been reported over the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally of infections to 64,028.

There are 22,964 confirmed cases in Punjab, 25309 in Sindh, 8842 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 3928 in Balochistan, 2100 in Islamabad, 658 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 227 in Azad Kashmir.

Sp far 22,305 patients have recovered from the virus while the death toll stands at 1317 with 57 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

It said that 11, 931 new tests were conducted and of them 2,636 turned out to be positive.

Prime Minister Imran Khan while stressing the need of dealing with the economic problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic holistically as a global issue has said the world would not recover from coronavirus recession without helping the developing countries.

Addressing virtual ‘United Nations high-level event on Financing for Development in era of COVID-19 and Beyond’, he said it is a global issue and a global problem, which needs global solution.

The event was hosted by the Prime Ministers of Canada and Jamaica, and the United Nations Secretary General.

Pleading for the help of developed countries to the developing nations, Imran Khan said it is very important for the developed world at this critical juncture to look after the people of developing countries, who are struggling.

Talking about the problems of Pakistan vis-a-vis COVID-19, the Prime Minister referred to the government’s 8 billion dollars stimulus package and said it is one of the biggest programmes in Pakistan’s history.

He said we doled out 8 billion dollars to stimulate our economy and give cash to the most vulnerable section in our society.

The Prime Minister welcomed the G-20 for taking the big initiative of giving debt relief to the developing countries.