Pakistan's coronavirus positivity rate has risen to 8.4 per cent, marking the first time the national positivity rate crossed 8pc in over two months.

The last time the country reported a similarly high positivity rate was on May 19 when it was recorded at 8.2pc.

Nearly 5,000 new coronavirus cases were detected in the country in the last 24 hours, including over 2,000 in Sindh.

The countrywide breakdown of cases is as follows:

  • Sindh: 2,862
  • Punjab: 728
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 460
  • Balochistan: 127
  • Islamabad: 359
  • Gilgit Baltistan: 88
  • Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 326

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