Pakistan has reported 898 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest since October 14, 2021, when 1,086 infections were detected.
The country's tally of cases has risen to 1,298,763 while the positivity rate has reached 1.8 per cent.
The countrywide breakdown is as follows:
- Sindh: 483 cases, 2 deaths
- Punjab: 310 cases, 1 death
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 39 cases, 2 deaths
- Balochistan: 5 cases
- Islamabad: 57 cases
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 4 cases
No new infections were reported in Gilgit-Baltistan.
