LAHORE: As many as 24 more Covid-19 patients lost their lives on Sunday, taking the total virus death toll in Punjab to 683, including 253 deathsin Lahore.

Similarly, 1,782 new confirmed coronavirus cases were reported in Punjab taking the patients` number to 37,090 in the province.

In Lahore alone, 691 new coronavirus patients were detected. With these patients the total number of the positive cases hasreached 18,161 in the city.

The primary and secondary healthcare department has so far conducted 282,807 tests,while8,109 coronavirus-positive patients have recovered so far in Punjab.