Pakistan reports 32 new Covid-19 deaths in past 24 hrs

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Pakistan reports 32 new Covid-19 deaths in past 24 hrs

Forty-seven per cent of the deaths were reported from KP, 28 per cent from Punjab, 19 per cent from Sindh

Sunday May 3, 2020 12:06 PM, ummid.com with inputd from IANS

Islamabad: Pakistan witnessed record number of deaths from the coronavirus with nearly half of them being reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) alone, taking the overall toll to 432, it was reported on Sunday.

While addressing the media on Saturday, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Zafar Mirza said that 32 fatalities were reported during the past 24 hours, reports Dawn news.

Forty-seven per cent of the deaths were reported from KP, 28 per cent from Punjab, 19 per cent from Sindh and 6 per cent from Balochistan, he added.

Zafar said that of tho 32 new deaths, 31 occurred at hospitals and one at a home.

According to the latest update, 1,297 new cases were confirmed in a single day, which took the total number of infections in the country to 18,851.

According to the government's Covid-19 portal, Islamabad has reported 28 new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking its tally to 393. One new case emerged in PoK while 16 new cases were detected in Gilgit Baltistan.

The government's Covid-19 portal also showed 64 additional recoveries across Pakistan. The total number of recovered cases in the country has now reached 4,817.

Away in UK a study has found that British Pakistanis are among the minorities that are at a higher risk of contracting and dying of the new coronavirus than the rest of the white UK population.

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