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 20,725 with at least 471 fatalities being recorded so far.
Looking at the breakdown of cases, Sindh province has reported 7,882 coronavirus cases, highest among all the provinces, while Punjab has 7,646 positive cases.
On the other hand, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 3,129 cases, Balochistan is at 1,218, Gilgit-Baltistan at 364, Islamabad at 415 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 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.