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 18,662 with at least 421 fatalities being recorded so far.
Looking at the breakdown of cases, Punjab province has reported 6,854 coronavirus cases, highest among all the provinces, while Sindh has 7,102 positive cases.
On the other hand, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 2,799 cases, Balochistan is at 1,136, Gilgit-Baltistan at 340, Islamabad at 365 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is at 66 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 4,715 in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Sindh province has banned all religious gatherings during the holy month of Ramzan in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.
