ISLAMABAD, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Wednesday confirmed 1,119 new COVID-19 cases, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Thursday.
The NCOC, a department leading Pakistan's campaign against the pandemic, said that the country's number of overall cases had risen to 945,184, which include 887,095 recoveries.
The number of active cases has dropped to 36,215 who are under treatment across the country, including over 2,000 patients who are in critical condition.
According to the NCOC, the pandemic killed 46 people on Wednesday, raising the overall death toll to 21,874.
Pakistan's eastern Punjab province continued to be the worst-hit region with 344,512 infections and 10,586 deaths while the southern Sindh province reported 329,947 infections and 5,292 deaths. Enditem