After six new deaths reported in the country in past 24 hours due to the novel coronavirus infection, the death tally has hit 5976.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Pakistan confirmed more 553 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases has mounted to 275,886.

Pakistan has so far conducted 2,010,170 coronavirus tests and 14,003 in past 24 hours.

248,577 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country so far.

The active coronavirus cases in the country stand at 25,146.

Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad.

Till now 120,550 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh,

92,873 in Punjab,

33,958 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,

11,732 in Balochistan,

15,014 in Islamabad

2,105 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 2,073 in Azad Kashmir.