Pakistan has reported 104 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the country’s health ministry said on Saturday.
The new infections were detected after diagnostic tests were performed on 16,614 samples. With the new infections, the total number of shown cases of COVID-19 increased to 1,571,732 in the Asian country, information released by the ministry showed.
A total of another 176 people have reportedly recovered from the pandemic in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,535,895, according to ministry statistics. death reported in the past 24 hours, the ministry said.
Sindh province in southern Pakistan is the most affected region with 593,951 recorded infections, followed by the eastern province of Punjab, which has reported 521,967 cases to date.