For a country of Pakistan's size, levels of testing remains low at around 14,000 a day. The 32 deaths reported on Wednesday took the total to 1,017, a government website showed, making Pakistan the 25th country worldwide where the toll has crossed a thousand. On Tuesday, Pakistan reported the most deaths for a single day at 46. Infections on Wednesday were reported at 2,193 - the second highest for a single day - taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan to 48,091. Regardless of the final death toll, Pakistan expects to suffer an awful human cost, as the government expects millions more of its people to fall into poverty.

Source: bd News24 May 21, 2020 07:52 UTC