Pakistan

29 more Covid-19 patients lose life in country

  • The country-wide death toll from the virus has surged to 13,537 so far since the outbreak of the disease in February.
Published March 15, 2021 Updated March 15, 2021 07:44pm
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KARACHI: As many as 29 more patients died of coronavirus in Pakistan during the last 24 hours while 2,253 new virus cases emerged.

The country-wide death toll from the virus has surged to 13,537 so far since the outbreak of the disease in February.

According to a Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation, and Coordination report issued on Monday, a total of 607,453 people have been tested positive for the coronavirus disease in the country since its outbreak in February 2020, out of which 261,411 were in Sindh,186,659 in Punjab, 19,220 in Balochistan, 76,104 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 48,081 in Islamabad,4,961 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 11,017 in Azad Kashmir.

However, 570,571 patients have recovered from the disease so far.