PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health officials have confirmed the death of 10 COVID-19 patients on Tuesday, raising the provincial death toll to 267.
According to the figures provided by the KP health ministry, 146 fresh cases of COVID-19 have reported in the province during the last 24 hours as overall 5021 people got affected by the disease.
However, the ministry said that more than one-fifth of the patients, that is 1,305, have recovered from the COVID-19 in the province.
146 new cases were reported today taking the total confirmed cases to 5,021 in KP. 10 new deaths were reported (5 Peshawar, 3 Mardan, 1 Swabi, 1 Malakand) taking the total to 267. 49 new patients recovered taking the tally to 1,305 in KP. Active cases at 3,449. pic.twitter.com/YBdiGauTjG
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) May 12, 2020
Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan had approved the establishment of a 500-bed emergency hospital in Peshawar to treat the coronavirus patients. The nationwide tally of COVID-19 patients in Pakistan stands at 32,081 with 706 deaths in the country.
According to the National Command and Control Center (NCOC), more than 1,140 cases of coronavirus were reported while 39 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours.
Earlier on Monday, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned Pakistan about the alarming increase in COVID-19 cases.
WHO had already warned that the number of estimated coronavirus cases in Pakistan can rise to an estimated 200,000 by mid-July if “effective interventions” are not taken.
Pakistan earlier on Saturday began easing the month-long lockdown despite a steady rise in the number of the coronavirus cases.
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