COVID-19 positive cases soar to 48,091 across country: NCOC.

ISLAMABAD -- The COVID-19 caseload in Pakistan had reached 48,091 with 2,193 new cases reported during last 24 hours, an official of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Coronavirus said on Thursday.

Sharing the data, he said that total 1,017 deaths had been reported from the disease with 32 reported during last 24 hours.

He said that 14,155 patients had been recovered. Total 429,600 tests had been conducted while in last 24 hours 15,346 tests were conducted, he added.

He said 18,964 cases were reported from Sindh, 17,382 from Punjab, 6,815 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 1,235 from Islamabad, 579 from Gilgit Baltistan, 2,968 from Balochistan and 148 from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

He said that in total confirmed cases, 13,003 active cases were reported from Sindh, 11,973 from Punjab...