68 die of coronavirus, 2,361 got infected in Punjab.

LAHORE -- About 68 more succumbed to COVID-19 in Punjab on Wednesday, the highest number of casualties reported in a day since pandemic outbreak.

Coronavirus has so far taken 1,149 lives in the province. As many as 2,361 new cases of novel coronavirus were reported from across the province, raising the number of COVID-19 patients to 58,239.

With 47 more healthcare workers getting infection, number of affected doctors, nurses and paramedics reached 983.

So far 419 casualties have been reported from Lahore, 225 Rawalpindi, 109 Faisalabad, 100 Multan, 51 Gujranwala, 45 Sialkot, 29 Rahim Yar Khan, 27 Gujrat, 24 Bahawalpur, 17 Sargodha, 12 each Sheikhupura and Dera Ghazi Khan, 10 Sahiwal, nine Kasur, eight Nankana Sahib, seven each Mianwali and Muzafargarh, six Toba Tek Singh, five Attock, four Hafizabad, three each Jhang, Bhakkar and Jhelum, two each Rajanpur, Narowal, Bahawalnagar, Khushab, Okara and Vehari and one each from Khanewal and Lodhran.

Out of 2,361 new cases, 1,642 have been reported from Lahore, 156 Rawalpindi, 111 Faisalabad, 63 Multan, 50 Gujranwala, 41 Mianwali, 33 Bahawalpur, 31 Gujrat, 30 Rahim Yar Khan, 20 Dera Ghazi Khan, 19 Bahawalnagar, 18 Khanewal, 17 Sialkot, 15 Sheikhupura, 14 Lodhran, 11 each Jhang and Kasur, 10 Jhelum, eight each Muzafargarh, Okara, Sargodha and Narowal, six Mandi Bahauddin, five each Layyah and Toba Tek Singh, four each Bhakkar, Chakwal and Vehari, three each Attock and Hafizabad, two each Chiniot and Nankana Sahib and one from Rajanpur.

So far 29,819 COVID-19 patients have been reported from Lahore, 4,621 Rawalpindi, 3,984 Faisalabad, 3,899 Multan, 2,162 Gujranwala, 1,579 Sialkot, 1,476 Gujrat, 1,120 Dera...