Pakistan tally count crosses 59,000-mark with 1,446 new COVID-19 cases

Pakistan registered 1,446 new coronavirus infections during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 59,151, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The death toll reached 1,225 with 28 more patients succumbing to the disease, it said.

Sindh reported the maximum number of 23,507 cases, followed by 21,118 in Punjab, 8,259 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 3,536 in Balochistan, 1,879 in Islamabad, 638 in



Gilgit-Baltistan and 214 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The authorities have so far conducted 499,399 coronavirus tests, including 8,491 in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

As many as 19,412 patients have recovered so far, it said. Though officials have repeatedly claimed that Pakistan has the capacity to conduct about 30,000 test per day, the feat is yet to be achieved. In the last two days, less than 10,000 tests have been conducted.