New Delhi (NVI): Pakistan is witnessing a rapid increase in the positive cases of coronavirus with more than a 1,500 cases being reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total cases to 22,299 with at least 505 fatalities being recorded so far.
Looking at the breakdown of cases, Sindh province has reported 8,189 coronavirus cases, highest among all the provinces, while Punjab has 8,133 positive cases.
On the other hand, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 3,288 cases, Balochistan is at 1,321, Gilgit-Baltistan at 372, Islamabad at 464 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is at 71 cases so far, according to Geo News.
In addition to this, Pakistan had reported 400 recoveries in the last 24 hours taking the number of recovered patients to 5,635 in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Pakistan is among those countries that are least prepared to tackle the coronavirus challenge, according to a report by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) based on virus-related data from around the world today said.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has recently said that the nationwide lockdown will be lifted gradually, asserting that Pakistan cannot afford an indefinite closure, according tp media reports.
