Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has not reported any coronavirus cases and fatalities over the past 24 hours. It is for the first time this year that no virus cases have been reported in the province during a 24-hour span. The province’s infection tally remains 139,960 and the death toll is 4,377.

Meanwhile, Balochistan has reported 116 Covid-19 cases and one death. The province’s infection caseload has increased to 28,704 and the death toll has climbed to 318.

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