Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 201 coronavirus cases and 14 deaths during the last 24 hours. The province's infection tally has risen to 171,589 and death toll has increased to 5,426.

Meanwhile, Balochistan's infection tally has crawled up to 32,772 after the detection of three new cases in the province. No coronavirus-related fatalities have been recorded in the province over the past 24 hours, and the death toll remains 344.

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