ISLAMABAD, Apr 12 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 5,011 with 86 deaths, according to the data, updated by the country’s health ministry on Saturday night.
The country’s eastern Punjab province, continued as the most affected area, with a total of 2,414 cases, followed by southern Sindh province, which has 1,318 confirmed cases.
At least 697 cases were registered in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 220 in southwest Balochistan province, and 215 in north Gilgit-Baltistan region, and 113 in the capital Islamabad.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province recorded 31 deaths, followed by Sindh with 28, while 21 people lost their lives in Punjab.
Overall, 4,163 patients are under treatment, including 50 in critical condition in different hospitals, while 762 were discharged after complete recovery, accounting for 15.2 percent of the total infected patients.
The ministry said, Pakistan conducted 57,836 tests so far, and the number of tests will increase in the coming days.
Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, said on Saturday night that, the number of confirmed cases are increasing as they are conducting more tests daily.
Sindh completely sealed off 11 sectors of the port city of Karachi, after a number of positive cases were reported from these vicinities.
Special Assistant to Pakistani Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan, told media that, the government will hold a high-level meeting on Monday, to reconsider the measures against the pandemic and decide about the extension of the lock-down, ending on Tuesday.
Earlier, the Pakistani government extended suspension on all domestic and international flights, till Apr 21 midnight.
