Pakistan has recorded its biggest daily increase in Covid-19 cases since April 30, when 4,745 cases were reported in the country.

As many as 4,537 infections have been reported against 58,203 tests over the past 24 hours, according to the National Command and Operation Centre. This constitutes a positivity rate of 7.79 per cent.

This is the third consecutive day that the country has reported over 4,000 cases, with 4,497 recorded the previous day and 4,119 detected on Wednesday.

The total number of cases in the country is 1,024,861. Further, 86 coronavirus-related deaths were also reported during this period, taking the total to 23,295.

A breakdown of the cases and deaths reported in Pakistan during the last 24 hours is as follows:

  • Sindh: 2,797 cases, 44 deaths
  • Punjab: 579 cases, 24 deaths
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 414 cases, 9 deaths
  • Islamabad: 343 cases, 2 deaths
  • Balochistan: 143 cases, 1 death
  • Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 188 cases, 2 deaths
  • Gilgit-Baltistan: 73 cases, 4 deaths

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