Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 248 coronavirus cases and 12 deaths during the last 24 hours. The province's Covid-19 caseload has increased to 173,796 and death toll stands at 5,537.

Meanwhile, 28 new Covid-19 cases have taken the infection tally in Balochistan to 32,916. No coronavirus-related fatalities have been reported in the province over the past 24 hours, and the death toll remains 348.

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