Islamabad has reported 113 fresh coronavirus cases, recording triple-digit cases for the first time in nine days since it confirmed 117 on July 5. According to the government's Covid-19 portal, this has taken the capital's total to 14,315.

Gilgit Baltistan has reported 14 new cases while Azad Jammu and Kashmir has confirmed 33, taking their tallies to 1,708 and 1,688, respectively.

GB has also recorded two additional fatalities while AJK has reported one death.

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