Another 86 cases have been reported in Punjab, according to primary and secondary health department spokesperson Qaiser Asif, taking the provincial total to 2,004.

He explained that 726 patients were Zaireen being kept at quarantine centres, 539 were associated with Raiwind and the Tableeghi Markaz, 49 cases had been detected in prisoners, while the remaining 690 had been detected in citizens across the province.