Coronavirus Updates, June 14: Latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic from Pakistan and around the world

Nationally confirmed cases exceed 139,000, the death toll exceeds 2,600; global death toll exceeds 428,000

ByWeb desktop updated on Sunday, June 14, 2020
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan increased to 139,230 on Sunday after new infections were confirmed in the country.

The breakdown by the province of the total number of cases at 9:40 a.m., June 14, is as follows:

Total confirmed cases: 139,230
• Sindh: 51,518

• Punjab: 52,601

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 17,450

• Baluchistan: 8,028

• Islamabad Capital Territory: 7,934

• Gilgit-Baltistan: 1,095

• AJK: 604

Deaths: 2,632
• Punjab: 969

• Sindh: 816

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 661



• Baluchistan: 83

• Islamabad Capital Territory: 75

• Gilgit-Baltistan: 16

• AJK: 12

According to Reuters reports, more than 7.79 million people have been infected with the new coronavirus worldwide and more than 429,000 have died.

Read on for the latest updates from Pakistan and around the world.

Disclaimer: There may be some discrepancy in the number of confirmed cases reported at the country level due to differences in figures cited by federal and provincial authorities.

Geo News constantly collects fresh information from concerned authorities and strives to keep our readers updated with the most accurate information available.

Orange: General updates from Pakistan are coming

Red: reports of new cases in Pakistan

Maroon: Reports of new deaths in Pakistan

Green: reports on patients recovered in Pakistan


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"We all want to see travel open again, of course, we do, and like everything else, we want to make sure we have the right measurements at the right time informed by science and everything else we have to consider," Sunak told the BBC. television.

"We are looking at all the options to make sure that is possible and people have suggestions on how we might open up some travel corridors over time and therefore the transport secretary is actively looking at all of those options."

The government has come under heavy pressure from the travel industry and other sectors over the quarantine policy it introduced last week. Airlines said it will affect jobs and tourism.

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