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The country witnessed a record rise in Covid-19 cases a day before lifting of the nationwide lockdown in phases announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Although the decision to lift the lockdown from Saturday was taken in consultation with all the provinces, Punjab and Sindh expressed their desire to extend the lockdown restrictions for some more time.
With the addition of 2,000 new cases during the last 24 hours, the total number of infections in the country on Friday stood at 26,954.
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