Pakistan has reported 515 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, up from 482 a day earlier, and marking the first time in more than 1.5 months that daily infections exceeded 500.
The country had reported 637 cases on November 10.
The positivity rate has also risen above one per cent for the first time since November.
The countrywide breakdown of the last 24 hours is as follows:
- Sindh: 308 cases, 4 deaths
- Punjab: 115 cases
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 36 cases, 1 death
- Balochistan: 3 cases, 1 death
- Islamabad: 53 cases
No new cases have been detected in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
