148 succumb to Covid-19 across country.

ISLAMABAD: The nationwide tally of Covid-19 patients jumped to 194,613 on Thursday, with 71,191 cases reported in Punjab, 75,168 in Sindh, 24,303 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 9,946 in Balochistan, 1,365 in Gilgit Baltistan, 11,710 in Islamabad and 930 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The virus has claimed at least 3,931 lives while around 82,926 coronavirus patients have recovered.

At least 129 more cases emerged in Balochistan in the last 24 hours, bringing the tally to 9,946. The virus has claimed one more live in the province, pushing the total number of fatalities to 109. According to health authorities, 3,737 patients have also recovered from the contagious disease so far.

At least 416 people have infected with the novel coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, pushing the provincial tally to 24,303. The contagion has claimed another 10 lives, bringing the fatalities to 879 in the province. According to health authorities, as many as 352 people have also recovered from the virus.

As many as 1,098 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours in Sindh taking the provincial tally to 75,168. Moreover, 17 people passed away in the past 24 hours taking the death toll to 1,178 in the province. As many as 6,458 tests were conducted on the previous day while 1,267 more people said to have recovered from the virus in the province

A spokesperson for the Sindh police said that 85 more policemen have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two days. The total number of infected policemen has reached 1,145, the spokesman said, adding that 13 have died so far.

He said that 302 policemen have recovered from the virus.

"We are taking complete care of policemen affected with corona and steps are being taken on a daily basis," he added.

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