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The federal government will introduce a digital platform named "Yaran-e-Watan" today to enable overseas Pakistani health professionals to give their inputs for overcoming the Coronavirus pandemic.

This was stated by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Dr. Zafar Mirza while briefing the newsmen on overall Coronavirus situation in the world with a particular focus on Pakistan.

He said the federal government is working in cohesion with all provincial governments to mitigate adverse impacts of Coronavirus pandemic.

Expressing regret over media reports linking all recent deaths in Karachi with Coronavirus, he said this is not an appropriate move, and the government will release an advisory in this regard tomorrow.

Dr Zafar Mirza expressed the confidence that Pakistan has now the capacity to conduct 6,264 tests on daily basis in different laboratories, while the country will be able to conduct over 20,000 tests per day by the end of this month.

Talking about the national tally of Coronavirus cases, he said total number of cases have soared to 7025 with Punjab 3276, Sindh 2008, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 993, Balochistan 303, Islamabad 154,  Azad Jammu and Kashmir 46 and Gilgit Baltistan 245.

The Special Assistant further said that 1765 patients have so far recovered, while death toll stands at 135 so far.

He said death ratio due to Coronavirus in the word is 6.6 percent, while in Pakistan its percentage is only 1.9

Dr Zafar Mirza said during the last 24 hours, 6,264 tests were conducted, out of which, 497 cases were declared positive while 11 deaths were reported.