Pakistan has reported 1,680 new coronavirus cases for Dec 20 — marking the lowest daily tally of infections since Nov 9 when the country recorded 1,637 cases.

The countrywide breakdown of cases over the last 24 hours is as follows:

• Punjab: 505
• Sindh: 737
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 235
• Balochistan: 17
• Islamabad: 140
• Gilgit Baltistan: 5
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 41

Sixty-two people died from the virus in the same time period, down from 80 a day earlier.

The positivity rate, which has been hovering between six to seven per cent recently, has also gone down to 4.8pc.