Karachi:As many as 5,834 new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours were reported in Pakistan on Thursday while 101 more patients died of the virus disease. The country-wide death toll from the virus has surged to 2,356 so far since the outbreak of the disease in February.
According to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation, and Coordination data, a total of 119,536 people have been tested positive for the coronavirus disease in the country since its outbreak in February 2020, out of which 43,790 cases were in Sindh, 45,463 in Punjab, 7,335 in Balochistan, 15,206 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 6,236 in Islamabad, 1,018 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 488 in Azad Kashmir.
However, 38,391patients have recovered from the disease so far. There is a continuous rise in virus disease cases in the country. It is feared that cases may rise to an alarming level by the end of this month as lockdown has been eased.