COVID19: Pakistan confirms 51 deaths; Coronavirus cases reach 3,505

The death toll related to COVID-19 has reached 51, according to the National Command and Control Centre, while at least 259 patients have fully recovered.

Punjab has become the worst-hit province in the country with 1708 cases (12 deaths) followed by Sindh, 881 (15 deaths); Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, 405 (16 deaths); Gilgit Baltistan, 211 (3 deaths); Balochistan 202 (1 death); Islamabad 82; and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 16.

The first two fatalities from COVID-19, as the illness is officially known, were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on March 18 (Wednesday