Pakistan reports less than 300 cases for two straight days

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Pakistan has reported less than 300 coronavirus cases for two days straight with 244 cases in the last 24 hours.

A further six more deaths were recorded as well, taking the death toll to 28,836 while the total caseload has increased to 1,289,293.

Punjab has reported less than 50 infections for the last three days.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre, a total of 39,387 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and the positivity rate is 0.61 per cent.

The breakdown in the last 24 hours is as follows:

  • Sindh: 148 cases, 2 deaths
  • Punjab: 47 cases, 1 death
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 35 cases, 3 deaths
  • Islamabad: 11 cases
  • Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 2 cases
  • Balochistan: 1 case

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