Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reports 193 fresh COVID-19 cases, five deaths

PESHAWAR: At least five more patients of coronavirus died during the past 24 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the total death toll to 2,109 in the province, ARY News reported on Saturday.

According to the statistics issued by the KP health department, 193 more people tested positive for the COVID-19 during the same period, raising the tally of such patients in the province to 73,708.

There are currently 2335 active cases of the disease in the province. However, 69,264 COVID-19 patients have recuperated from the disease so far in the province, read the statistics.

Earlier on March 5, Pakistan had recorded 52 more coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 13,128.

According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the COVID-19 had claimed 52 more lives and 1,579 fresh infections were reported during the said period.

In the past 24 hours, as many as 1,527 patients had recovered from the virus in a day and 1,551 patients are still in critical condition. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with the fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases stood at 587,014.