63 more killed, another 1,540 tested positive in Punjab.

LAHORE -- About 63 more patients succumbed to COVID-19 in Punjab on Friday, taking the death toll to 1,265.

As many as 1,540 new cases of novel coronavirus were also reported from across the province, raising the number of COVID-19 patients to 61,678.

So far 471 casualties have been confirmed from Lahore, 241 Rawalpindi, 121 Faisalabad, 104 Multan, 55 Gujranwala, 48 Sialkot, 33 Rahim Yar Khan, 31 Gujrat, 27 Bahawalpur, 19 Sargodha, 14 Mianwali, 13 Dera Ghazi Khan, 12 Sheikhupura, 10 Sahiwal, nine Kasur, eight Nankana Sahib, seven Muzaffargarh, six Toba Tek Singh, five each in Attock and Hafizabad, three each Jhang, Bhakkar, Lodhran and Jhelum, two each Rajanpur, Narowal, Bahawalnagar, Khushab, Okara and Vehari, one each from Khanewal and Chiniot and none from Chakwal, Layyah, Pakpattan and Mandi Bahauddin.

So far 31,924 COVID-19 patients have been confirmed from Lahore, 4,836 Rawalpindi, 4,180 Faisalabad, 4,065 Multan, 2,309 Gujranwala, 1,680 Sialkot, 1,530 Gujrat, 1,134 Dera Ghazi Khan, 990 Bahawalpur, 812 Sheikhupura, 786 Rahim Yar Khan, 782 Sargodha, 711 Muzaffargarh, 504 Hafizabad, 477 Kasur, 418 Sahiwal, 348 Jhelum, 366 Toba Tek Singh, 328 Vehari, 297 Bahawalnagar, 291 Layyah, 282 Attock, 265 Nankana Sahib, 264 Lodhran, 236 Mandi Bahauddin, 233 Mianwali, 213 Jhang, 202 Okara, 181...