COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan

The COVID-19 pandemic has been occurring in Pakistan since February 2020 as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in China in December 2019. The pandemic affects the novel disease COVID-19 . This is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the Coronaviridae group and belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic.

course

On February 26, 2020, the first two COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Pakistan. One month later (March 25) there were already over 1,000 infected people, a further month later (April 22) over 10,000 people and on May 21, 2020 more than 50,000 people infected.

The first deaths were reported on March 19, 2020, on April 14 there were already more than 100. More than 500 people had died by May 5, and the thousandth death was reported on May 20.

statistics

The number of cases developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan as follows:

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Pakistan
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

New infections in Pakistan
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Pakistan
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in Pakistan
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Since August 17, 2020, the WHO reports have only been published weekly, but contain additional information (around cases per million inhabitants). The last daily WHO report ( No. 209 , pdf) was published on August 16, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cases reported to WHO by national authorities are listed here. Since the situation is very dynamic, there may be discrepancies or delays between the cases of the WHO and the data of national authorities as well as the information provided by other bodies, such as the Johns Hopkins University (CSSE).

Testing

In August 2020 it was criticized that far too few tests are carried out in Pakistan. While there were 31,000 tests per day in June 2020 and even 41,666 on July 27, 2020, this number fell significantly afterwards. On August 3, there were only 10,759 tests left, after which the number rose again to around 20,000 tests per day. Around 2.2 million tests had been carried out by mid-August.

Regional distribution

Infections (as of August 20, 2020)

• Sindh 127,060 Infected
• Punjab 95,800 infected
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 35,468 infected
• Islamabad 15,425 infected
• Balochistan 12,403 infected
• Asad Jammu and Kashmir 2,219 infected
• Gilgit-Baltistan 2,583 infected

Deaths (as of August 20, 2020)

• 2,343 dead
• Punjab 2,186 dead
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1,242 dead
• Islamabad 175 dead
• Balochistan 139 dead
• Gilgit-Baltistan 63 dead
• Asad Jammu and Kashmir 61 dead

See also

• List of epidemics and pandemics
• List of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic

Web links

Commons : COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan  - Pictures, Videos and Audio Files Collection

• World Health Organization (WHO): Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports on the website www.who.int (English)
• Johns Hopkins CSSE : Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases. (English)
• Website World of Meters : real-time data of the Corona virus pandemic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Two coronavirus cases confirmed in Pakistan - Pakistan Today .
2. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
3. ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) situation reports; Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed May 12, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Shruti Menon: Coronavirus in South Asia: Is low testing hiding scale of the outbreak? BBC , August 17, 2020, accessed August 20, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Pakistan reports 513 coronavirus cases in one day. August 20, 2020, accessed on August 20, 2020 .