About 13 people from Sukkur, who recently arrived from Taftan, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, spokesperson for the Sindh government Barrister Murtaza Wahab said.

"These people were purportedly kept in quarantine at the border," he tweeted.

This is the highest number of cases reported in Pakistan in one day. Total tally in country has now gone up to 52, out of which 34 are from Sindh.

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