Pakistan has recorded 111 coronavirus fatalities in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day toll since the second wave of the virus started in late October.

The region-wise breakdown of deaths for the last 24 hours is as follows:

  • Punjab: 51 deaths
  • Sindh: 40 deaths
  • KP: 14 deaths
  • Islamabad: 4 deaths
  • Balochistan: 2 deaths

Before this, the country had reported more than a 100 deaths just once during the second wave when 105 fatalities were reported on Dec 15.

The highest single-day death toll in Pakistan was recorded at 141 lives lost on June 20, when the country was in the midst of the first coronavirus wave. So far, 9,668 people have lost their lives to the virus.

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