Pakistan on Sunday reported 869 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of the COVID-19 patients to 8,348 in the country, officials said.
According to officials, worst-hit Punjab province reported 3,822 cases, Sindh 2,537, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 1,137, Balochistan 376, Gilgit-Baltistan 257, Islamabad 171 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 48, taking the overall tally to 8,348.
The death toll due to the coronavirus has risen to 168, with Sindh recording its highest number of nine fatalities in a single day, they said. Pakistan has conducted 98,522 tests, including 7,847 during the last 24 hours. So far 1,868 patients have recovered.