ISLAMABAD, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to 202,955 in Pakistan with 4,118 fatalities, according to the data released by the country's health ministry on Sunday morning.
A total of 4,072 new cases and 83 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the ministry said. The mortality rate of the COVID-19 infected patients is about 2 percent.
Overall, there are 106,213 active cases in Pakistan and 92,624 people have recovered, which is 45.6 percent of the total confirmed cases.
The country's southern Sindh province is the most affected region with 78,267 cases followed by eastern Punjab province with 74,202 cases, the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province reported 25,380 cases and 12,395 cases have been reported in the capital city Islamabad.
Punjab recorded 1,673 deaths followed by Sindh where 1,243 infected people have lost their lives, the statistics showed, adding that Pakistan has conducted 1,239,153 tests officially so far.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed hope that Pakistan will see off the worst of this crisis if the people follow the standard operating procedure (SOPs).
Earlier this month, Khan reiterated stance against violators of the SOPs to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country amid the recent surge in new cases. Enditem
