Pakistan has reported a total of 3,495 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of daily cases recorded since 3,795 cases on December 6, 2020.
A total of 61 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the national positivity rate has risen to 7.8 per cent as the country battles a third wave of the pandemic.
The region-wise breakdown of cases and deaths is as follows:
- Punjab: 1,824 cases, 43 deaths
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 624 cases, 9 deaths
- Islamabad: 538 cases, 2 deaths
- Sindh: 384 cases, 1 death
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 103 cases, 6 deaths
- Balochistan: 22 cases
