Daily report on December 17: Sindh's coronavirus cases surge past 200,000

As the world faces a second wave of infections, Geo.tv brings you the latest on the COVID-19 numbers at home and outside.

Pakistan

A total of 2,972 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 451,494. With 83 new deaths, the country's coronavirus death toll reached 9,164. So far, a total of 399,852 people have recovered from the virus while the active number of cases stands at 42,478.

With 39,171 tests conducted across Pakistan, the positivity rate has reached 7.58%

World

COVID-19 infections are still rising in 56 countries. There have been at least 73,627,000 reported infections and 1,654,000 reported deaths caused by the new coronavirus so far.

Of every 100 infections last reported around the world, more than 27 were reported from countries in Asia and the Middle East. The region is reporting a million new infections about every 10 days and has reported more than 18,718,000 since the pandemic began.