Pakistan has detected 6,808 new infections in the last 24 hours, an increase of 19.6 per cent from yesterday, marking the second-highest daily caseload since the start of the pandemic in February.
The highest number of cases — 6,825 — were recorded on June 13.
The nationwide positivity rate has risen to 11.6pc.
The breakdown in the last 24 hours is as follows:
- Sindh: 3,738 cases, 1 death
- Punjab: 1,493 cases, 2 deaths
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 331 cases, 2 deaths
- Balochistan: 36 cases
- Islamabad: 1,131 cases
- Gilgit-Baltistan: 6 cases
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 73 cases
