Pakistan has detected 3,019 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, nearly 1,000 more compared to yesterday.
It is the first time the country has recorded more than 3,000 new infections since September 15 when 3,012 cases were confirmed.
Moreover, the positivity rate has risen to 6.12 per cent.
The countrywide breakdown in the last 24 hours is as follows:
- Sindh: 1,733 cases
- Punjab: 919 cases, 1 death
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 64 cases, 3 deaths
- Balochistan: 11 cases
- Islamabad: 284 cases
- Gilgit-Baltistan: 4 cases
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 4 cases, 1 death