The overall death toll in Pakistan from the devastating floods has risen to 1,569 as 10 more people died in flood-related incidents in the last 24 hours, official statistics showed.

A total of 701 people have died in Sindh since June 14, followed by 306 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and 300 in Balochistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in its report on Tuesday.

It said 191 people have lost their lives in the northeastern Punjab province, 48 in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and 22 in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, the NDMA data showed.

A total of 12,860 people have been injured in the rain and flood-related incidents across the country.

The data showed that during the past 24 hours, 50,000 houses have been damaged and 24,775 livestock has been affected.

The heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods since mid-June have damaged a total of 1,208,161 houses, while an estimated 998,407 have been completely destroyed, the NDMA report said and added that over 998,000 livestock has perished in the rains.

It further added that 12,716 km of roads and 374 bridges were damaged.

Disease warnings

As flood waters start to recede, which officials say may take two to six months in different areas, stagnant waters have led to diseases like malaria, dengue fever, diarrhoea and skin problems, mainly in the southern Sindh province.

The NDMA in its earlier report said that at least nine people have died of infectious and water-borne diseases.

The Sindh government in its report on Tuesday said that a total of 318 deaths from diseases have been reported since July 1.