Pakistan has reported 110 coronavirus deaths during the last 24 hours, the fourth consecutive day the country has reported more than a hundred fatalities.
According to the health ministry, 64,481 tests were conducted during the last 24 hours out of which 5,364 came back positive. The total number of cases in the country so far is 745,182 and the death toll is 15,982.
The national positivity rate is 8.3 per cent. Punjab recorded the highest number of deaths during the last 24 hours with 62 fatalities, followed by KP with 35.
Breakdown of deaths and cases reported:
- Punjab: 2,732 cases, 62 deaths
- KP: 1,129 cases, 35 deaths
- Sindh: 653 cases, 8 deaths
- Islamabad: 599 cases, 1 death
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 159 cases, 3 deaths
- Balochistan: 82 cases, 1 death
- Gilgit-Baltistan: 10 cases
