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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases surged to 22,550 in Pakistan on Wednesday.

Forty deaths due to coronavirus and 1049 new confirmed cases have been reported in the country during past 24 hours.

The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country have mounted to 22,550. Of these, 8,189 were reported in Sindh, 8,420 in Punjab, 3,499 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 1,495 in Balochistan, 485 in Islamabad Capital Territory 386 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 76 in Azad Kashmir.

Over six thousand and two hundred patients have recovered from the virus.