42 more lose lives in a single day; tally of positive cases nears 33,000.

KARACHI: The nationwide tally of Covid-19 patients soared to 32,917 with 11,868 cases reported in Punjab, 12,610 in Sindh, 5,021 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2,158 in Balochistan, 457 in Gilgit Baltistan, 716 in Islamabad and 87 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The virus has claimed at least 733 lives while some 8,555 coronavirus patients have recovered so far.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department, in its daily situational report, confirmed 10 new casualties due to coronavirus - five in Peshawar, three in Mardan, and one each in Swabi and Malakand - taking the death toll to 267. Some 146 new cases were also reported in the past 24 hours, to bring the total confirmed cases to 5,021 in the province. At least 49 patients have recuperated, taking the recoveries tally to 1,305, while number of active cases stands at 3,449 across the province.

Another 593 coronavirus cases and 18 deaths were reported in Sindh during the past 24 hours, according to Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. Giving his daily briefing on the coronavirus situation, he said, "4,064 tests were conducted during the past 24 hours out of which 593 came back positive. The deaths reported during this period is the highest toll since the disease first emerged in the province."

A Covid-19 patient under treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Hyderabad died last night, according to Deputy Commissioner Fuad Soomro. He said that the 70-year-old patient was a resident of Tando Mohammad Khan. He added that two members of the patient's family had also tested positive for the virus.

Punjab recorded 300 new cases and 14 deaths in the past 24 hours, the province's primary and secondary healthcare department said. The number of cases in the province has reached 11,868, while deaths are 211. According to numbers released by the primary and secondary healthcare department, Lahore, where 192 people tested positive, recorded the highest number of cases. Balochistan has reported 97 new coronavirus cases, according to the provincial health directorate. The number of total infections in the province now stands at 2,158.

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