New Delhi (NVI): The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan rose to 3,864 after more than 500 positive cases were reported while the death toll reached 54, according to the Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, as many as 429 people have been recovered and cured from the virus.
The health authorities in the country are scrambling to contain the spread of coronavirus by appealing to the public to remain inside their homes, after many of them were seen flouting government orders and roaming on the streets, accoring to the media reports.
Despite reiterating emergency measures, in many places, Islamic religious clerics were also seen addressing a gathering irrespective of the fact that religious congregation has been restricted by the government in view of the rapidly spreading contagion.
Punjab registered a maximum of 1,918 cases, followed by Sindh with 932 cases, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with 500 cases, Gilgit-Baltistan with 211 cases, Balochistan with 202 cases and Islamabad with 83 cases, according to Geo News.
