Pakistan has reported 157 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours — the highest single-day death toll since the start of the pandemic as the country's total fatalities rose to 16,999.

The countrywise breakdown of deaths is as follows:

• Punjab: 98
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 37
• Sindh: 11
• Balochistan: 3
• Islamabad: 5
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 3