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 23,274 with at least 535 fatalities being recorded so far.
Looking at the breakdown of cases, Punjab province has reported 8,693 coronavirus cases, highest among all the provinces, while Sindh has 8,649 positive cases.
On the other hand, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 3,499 cases, Balochistan is at 1,495, Gilgit-Baltistan at 386, Islamabad at 485 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is at 76 cases so far, according to Geo News.
So far 232,582 tests were conducted, including 10,178 in the last 24 hours.
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.
