Pakistan's single-day fatalities in triple digits for first time since December

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Pakistan has reported 100 fatalities from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, more than double the number of deaths recorded a day earlier and marking the first time since December that the country reported single-day fatalities in triple digits.

Pakistan had reported 111 deaths from the coronavirus on December 23, 2020.

The countrywide breakdown of fatalities is as follows:

  • Punjab: 73
  • Sindh: 4
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 18
  • Balochistan: 1
  • Islamabad: 2
  • Gilgit Baltistan: 0
  • Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 2

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