Pakistan records highest single day COVID-19 deaths

at 6:40 pm
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New Delhi (NVI): Pakistan today reported the highest number of deaths in a single day with 26 new fatalities, taking the total deaths to 361, with the total confirmed cases rising to 16,276.

Looking at the breakdown of cases, Punjab province has reported 6,220 coronavirus cases, highest among all the provinces, while Sindh has 6,053 positive cases.

On the other hand, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 2,313 cases, Balochistan is at 978, Gilgit-Baltistan at 333, Islamabad at 313 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is at 66 cases so far, according to Geo News.

In the last 24 hours, 204 recoveries have been recorded in the country to take the number 3,233.

Meanwhile, Sindh province has banned all religious gatherings during the holy month of Ramzan in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.