| COVID-19 in numbers* (April 17, 2020) | |
|---|---|
| Globally2 074 529 confirmed (82 967) 139 378 deaths (8493) |
European Region1 050 871 confirmed (37 778) 93 480 deaths (4163) |
| Region of the Americas743 607 confirmed (36 486) 33 028 deaths (2783) |
Western Pacific Region127 595 confirmed (2024) 5558 deaths (1319) |
| Eastern Mediterranean Region115 824 confirmed (4392) 5662 deaths (130) |
South-East Asia Region23 560 confirmed (1770) 1051 deaths (61) |
| African Region12 360 confirmed (517) 586 deaths (36) |
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| * Total (new cases in last 24 hours) | |
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| Coronavirus global threat (April 17, 2020) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Confirmed | Recovered | Deaths |
| Pakistan | 7,025 | 1,765 | 135 |
| United States | 712,184 | 59,532 | 32,823 |
| Spain | 190,859 | 72,963 | 20,002 |
| Italy | 172,434` | 42,727 | 22,745 |
| Germany | 141,399 | 76,703 | 4,352 |
| France | 109,252 | 34,420 | 18,681 |
| United Kingdom | 108,692 | – | 14,576 |
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| Economic Indicators in Pakistan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Details | FY19 | H1-FY19 | H1-FY20 |
| Growth rate (percent) | |||
| LSM | -3.3 | -1.7 | -2.8 |
| CPI National (period average YoY) | 6.8 | 6.0 | 11.1 |
| Private credit | 11.6 | 9.5 | 3.2 |
| Money supply | 11.3 | 3.6 | 5.2 |
| Exports | -1.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| Imports | -9.9 | -2.6 | -17.0 |
| FBR tax revenue (billion Rs) | 3,828.5 | 1,794.8 | 2,094.1 |
| Exchange rate (+app/-dep%) | -24.1 | -12.5 | 3.4 |
| million US dollars | |||
| SBP’s liquid reserves (end-period)b | 7,280.4 | 7,203.7 | 11,336.1 |
| Workers’ remittances | 21,838.6 | 11,030.0 | 11,394.9 |
| FDI in Pakistan | 1,668.0 | 796.8 | 1,341 |
| Current account balance | -13,830.0 | -8,614.0 | -2,099.0 |
| Fiscal balance (% of GDP)d | -8.9 | -2.7 | -2.3 |
| 2YoY growth in the average of CPI index for half year. New base (2015-16) | |||
| Data sources: a Pakistan Bureau of Statistics; b State Bank of Pakistan, c Federal Board of Revenue; and d Ministry of Finance | |||
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| LSM Growth in Pakistan (YoY) (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | w.t | H1 | Q1 | Q2 | |||
| FY19 | FY20 | FY19 | FY20 | FY19 | FY20 | ||
| LSM | 70.3 | -1.7 | -2.8 | -0.5 | -5.7 | -2.9 | 0.0 |
| Textile | 20.9 | -0.2 | 0.4 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.5 |
| Cotton yarn | 13 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Cotton cloth | 7.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Jute goods | 0.3 | -8.0 | -5.3 | -8.1 | -14.8 | -8.0 | 3.5 |
| Food | 12.4 | -3.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | -8.8 | -7.6 | 15.4 |
| Sugar | 3.5 | -37.2 | 97.1 | – | – | -37.2 | 97.1 |
| Cigarettes | 2.1 | 6.8 | -29.3 | 4.4 | -34.5 | 9.1 | -24.3 |
| Vegetable ghee | 1.1 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | -0.7 | 8.3 |
| Cooking oil | 2.2 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 0.2 | -3.8 | 13.9 |
| Soft drinks | 0.9 | -1.7 | -12.0 | -6.7 | -13.5 | 8.1 | -9.5 |
| POL | 5.5 | -4.9 | -10.3 | -5.4 | -14.5 | -4.4 | -5.9 |
| Steel | 5.4 | -7.6 | -12.3 | -2.9 | -17.0 | -12.4 | -6.8 |
| Non-metallic minerals | 5.4 | -1.2 | 2.9 | 0.1 | -0.9 | -2.3 | 6.3 |
| Cement | 5.3 | -1.6 | 2.7 | 0.1 | -1.4 | -3.0 | 6.3 |
| Automobile | 4.6 | -3.8 | -36.4 | -1.2 | -33.9 | -6.4 | -39.1 |
| Jeeps and cars | 2.8 | 2.3 | -46.4 | 4.7 | -38.6 | -0.2 | -54.6 |
| Fertiliser | 4.4 | 6.5 | 4.9 | -4.8 | 15.9 | 19.2 | -5.1 |
| Pharmaceutical | 3.6 | -10.1 | -6.2 | -4.8 | -11.9 | -14.6 | -0.7 |
| Paper | 2.3 | -2.0 | 7.2 | 3.9 | -1.3 | -7.5 | 16.0 |
| Electronics | 2 | 20.1 | 1.9 | 16.9 | 11.0 | 23.1 | -6.1 |
| Chemicals | 1.7 | -3.3 | -4.7 | -6.7 | -8.9 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| Caustic soda | 0.4 | 5.3 | -14.7 | 17.2 | -21.4 | -5.3 | -7.4 |
| Leather products | 0.9 | -1.9 | 11.2 | 0.5 | 6.3 | -4.1 | 16.0 |