The World Health Organization has stated in its daily situation report that Pakistan has been recording 1,000 new coronavirus cases on average daily.
The report, which was released May 6, states that the number of cases reported per day has risen to 1,000 on average until this week in Pakistan and the figures have doubled since mid-April.
Pakistan reported 1,523 new cases across the country on Wednesday which is its highest single day tally to date. In the meantime, testing has also been ramped up, especially in the Punjab province. On Wednesday, Pakistan carried out over 12,000 tests.
As per the WHO report, the highest case density is reported from Gilgit Baltistan, followed by Islamabad and Sindh.
Comparing the testing numbers of each province and the federating units, the report notes that Islamabad has the highest testing per million of its population, followed by Gilgit Baltistan, Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Majority of the country’s case fatalities have been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to the report.
Moreover, 84 per cent of the confirmed cases are between the ages of 20 and 64 years, while the highest mortality rate, 74 per cent, is amongst the age bracket of 50-79 years.
