New Delhi (NVI): Pakistan is witnessing a rapid increase in the positive cases of coronavirus with more than a 1,000 cases being reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total cases to 17,439, with at least 391 fatalities being recorded so far.
Looking at the breakdown of cases, Punjab province has reported 6,340 coronavirus cases, highest among all the provinces, while Sindh has 6,675 positive cases.
On the other hand, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 2,627 cases, Balochistan is at 1,049, Gilgit-Baltistan at 339, Islamabad at 343 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is at 66 cases so far, according to Geo News.
In the last 24 hours, 73 recoveries have been recorded in the country taking the total number of recovered cases to 4,388.
Meanwhile, Sindh province has banned all religious gatherings during the holy month of Ramzan in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.
