Pakistan has detected 1,345 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, up from 1,293 a day earlier, taking the country's total to 1,302,486.

The positivity rate has risen to 2.9 per cent.

The countrywide breakdown of cases is as follows:

  • Sindh: 797
  • Punjab: 406
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 59
  • Balochistan: 2
  • Islamabad: 74
  • Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 7

Gilgit-Baltistan has not reported any new infections while AJK confirmed one more death.