With 28 more deaths, death toll reaches 1,435 in Punjab.

LAHORE -- As many as 28 more COVID-19 patients died in Punjab on Monday, taking the death toll to 1,435.

Similarly, as many as 1,204 new cases were also reported from across the province, raising the number of patients to 66,943.

So far 556 casualties have been confirmed in Lahore, 271 Rawalpindi, 138 Faisalabad, 108 Multan, 58 Gujranwala, 52 Sialkot, 37 Rahim Yar Khan, 31 each from Gujrat and Bahawalpur, 22 Sargodha, 16 Sheikhupura, 14 each from Mianwali, Dera Ghazi Khan and Sheikhupura, 10 each from Sahiwal and Kasur, nine Muzafargarh, eight Nankana Sahib, six Toba Tek Singh, five each from Attock, Okara and Hafizabad, four each from Lodhran and Chiniot, three each from Jhang, Bhakkar and Jhelum, two each from Rajanpur, Narowal, Bahawalnagar, Khushab and Vehari, one each from Khanewal and Pakpattan.

Out of 1,204 new cases, 471 have been reported from Lahore, 290 Multan, 73 Rawalpindi, 50 Bahawalpur, 45 Faisalabad, 35 Gujrat, 33 Sialkot, 26 Sheikhupura, 25 Gujranwala, 21 Rajanpur, 18 Toba Tek Singh, 14 each from Rahim Yar Khan and Mianwali, 11 Okara, eight each from Jhang and Sahiwal, seven Vehari, six Mandi Bahauddin, five each from Khushab and Khanewal, four each from Nankana Sahib, Muzafargarh, Bahawalnagar, Layyah and Pakpatan, three Chiniot, two Bhakkar and one each from Kasur and Attock.

So far 34,282 COVID-19 patients have been confirmed from Lahore, 5,485 Rawalpindi, 4,669 Multan, 4,530 Faisalabad, 2,498 Gujranwala, 1,821 Sialkot, 1,649 Gujrat, 1,158 Dera Ghazi Khan, 1,118 Bahawalpur, 870 Rahim Yar Khan, 865 Sheikhupura, 817 Sargodha, 760 Muzaffargarh, 507 Hafizabad, 496...