Pakistan’s infection rate for new daily Coronavirus cases rises

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday reported 3,499 new infections in the past 24 hours, raising the total tally to 406,810.

According to the National Command and Operations Centre, active cases in the country have climbed to 51,654.

It also recorded 39 deaths.

The NCOC data shows the virus tally crossed 400,000 on December 1 with at least 29,881 new cases reported in the last 10 days only.

The highest number of coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours was reported in Sindh with 1,983 infections. Punjab came second with 727 new cases, Islamabad recorded 417, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 218, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 85, Balochistan 53, and Gilgit Baltistan 16.

With the virus claiming 39 lives, the country’s death toll climbed to 8,205 – 3,091 of which are recorded in Punjab, 2,968 in Sindh, KP has reported 1,378 deaths, AJK 173, Balochistan 169 and GB 97.

The NCOC data showed 346,951 people have recovered from the virus up until now – 1,586 in the past 24 hours.