Pakistan has reported 7,539 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, up from 5,196 a day earlier, marking an increase of 45 per cent.

The national positivity rate stands at 11.9pc.

The countrywide breakdown in the last 24 hours is as follows:

• Sindh: 2,488 cases, 12 deaths
• Punjab: 1,842 cases, 7 deaths
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 1,446 cases, 6 deaths
• Balochistan: 99 cases
• Islamabad: 1,285 cases
• Gilgit-Baltistan: 31 cases
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 348 cases