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Pakistan's COVID-19 tally surpasses 800,000 amid 3rd wave

ISLAMABAD, Apr 26 (Xinhua) The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has increased to 800,452 as the country has been battling a third wave of the coronavirus, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Monday.
In the last 24 hours, the country reported 4,825 new cases and 70 deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 17,187, according to the NCOC. A total of 694,046 people have recovered from the disease.
With 290,788 confirmed cases, the country's eastern Punjab province remained the worst-hit followed by southern Sindh province where 278,545 people have tested positive, said the NCOC.
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