The capital recorded its highest rise in Covid-19 cases this month with 74 more patients reported on Sunday. The number is more than twice the total number of cases reported in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province the same day.

Five doctors at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) have also contracted the disease since outpatient departments reopened on Aug 20. The hospital has postponed the opening of private wards.

According to data from the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS), there were 74 Covid-19 cases reported in Islamabad on Sunday. Prior to this, the highest number of cases reported this month was 46 on Sept 18.

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