Pakistan has detected more than 7,000 new coronavirus infections for the fourth day in a row with 7,978 cases in the last 24 hours, along with 29 fatalities.

The national positivity rate stands at 12.46 per cent.

The breakdown in the last 24 hours is as follows:

  • Punjab: 2,212 cases, 12 deaths
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 1,961 cases, 2 deaths
  • Sindh: 1,827 cases, 12 deaths
  • Islamabad: 1,270 cases
  • Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 605 cases, 3 deaths
  • Balochistan: 65 cases
  • Gilgit-Baltistan: 38 cases

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