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Coronavirus: WHO warns two million deaths ‘very likely’ even with vaccine

Coronavirus WHO

The World Health Organization has warned that the global coronavirus death toll could hit two million before a vaccine is made available. Dr. Mike Ryan, the WHO’s emergency head, said that the toll could increase without concerted international action. Coronavirus has taken the lives of one million people worldwide so far. On the other hand, … Read more

Coronavirus: Pakistan confirms more 67 deaths, 2,165 cases in the past 24 hours

Coronavirus Pakistan fresh cases

Pakistan on Wednesday reported 2,165 coronavirus cases and 67 deaths over the past 24 hours, taking the national tally of cases to 253,601 and fatalities to 5,386.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) latest figures, 2,165 new cases were detected after 21,769 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.

77,573 coronavirus patients are undergoing treatment while 172,810 patients have recovered their health from the deadly virus. 16,27,939 tests have been conducted across the country so far.

Province-Wise Case Distribution

According to the breakup of the cases, 107,773 infections have been detected in Sindh so far, 88,045 in Punjab, 31,000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 12,239  in Balochistan, 14,315 in Islamabad, 1,688 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and 1,708 in Gilgit Baltistan.

As many as 339 ventilators out of 1,825 reserved for the coronavirus patients are under use, said NCOC.

Global coronavirus death toll

The number of coronavirus cases across the world has risen to over thirteen point two million while the pandemic has so far claimed more than 575,000 lives so far.

The United States is the worse hit, where cases have mounted over three point four million and the death toll reached over 138,000.

In Brazil, over one point eight million cases and more than 72,000 deaths have been reported so far.

About7.7 million patients have recovered from the disease across the world.

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Pakistan stands with 18,114 Coronavirus cases with 417 deaths, NCOC reports

Pakistan coronavirus cases

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan on Saturday spiked up to 18,114. According to National Command and Operation Center, record 1,297 cases were reported across Pakistan in last 24 hours, surging the tally to 18,114. These include 6733 cases in Punjab, 6675 in Sindh, 2799 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 1136 in Balochistan, 340 in … Read more