Pakistan reports highest daily cases since Aug, up 20pc from day earlier

ISLAMABAD, (MANEND NEWS):Pakistan has reported 4,286 new Covid-19 cases in the last hours, up 20 per cent from yesterday’s 3,571 infections.

It is the highest daily caseload since August 28 when 4,467 cases were confirmed.

The countrywide positivity has also risen to 8.2 per cent.

The breakdown is as follows:

Sindh: 3,089 cases
Punjab: 722 cases, 2 deaths
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 104 cases, 1 death
Balochistan: 2 cases
Islamabad: 354 cases, 1 death
Gilgit-Baltistan: 2 cases
Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 13 cases.