Pakistan has reported a total of 3,495 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of daily cases recorded since 3,795 cases on December 6, 2020.

A total of 61 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the national positivity rate has risen to 7.8 per cent as the country battles a third wave of the pandemic.

The region-wise breakdown of cases and deaths is as follows:

• Punjab: 1,824 cases, 43 deaths
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 624 cases, 9 deaths
• Islamabad: 538 cases, 2 deaths
• Sindh: 384 cases, 1 death
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 103 cases, 6 deaths
• Balochistan: 22 cases