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COVID-19: Positive cases in Pakistan touches 6,505 with 124 deaths

| @indiablooms | Apr 16, 2020, at 03:04 pm

Islamabad/UNI: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases have risen to 6,505 in Pakistan with 124 deaths, according to the data updated by the country's health ministry on Thursday morning.

The data revealed that while 17 patients died, a whopping 520 persons tested positive during the last 24 hours across the country. The eastern Punjab province is the most affected region of the country with a total of 3,217 positive cases followed by the southern Sindh province which has 1,668 confirmed cases.

Besides, 912 cases were registered in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 280 in southwest Balochistan province and 237 in north Gilgit-Baltistan region, and 145 in the capital Islamabad. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 42 deaths followed by 41 in Sindh and 34 in Punjab.

Overall, 4,736 active patients are under treatment in different hospitals while 1,645 have been discharged after complete recovery. The percentage of recovered patients has increased to 25.3 percent from 15.2 per cent recorded on Saturday.

The Ministry said Pakistan has conducted 78,979 tests so far and that the number of tests is likely to increase. 

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