Covid cases cross 4,000 mark after brief lull; 131 more die.

ISLAMABAD: The country has reported over 4,000 coronavirus cases after 12 days, as 4,207 new infections emerged during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 890,391.

Last time, Pakistan reported over 4,000 cases on May 7 when 4,109 infections were registered. According to the official data provided by National Command and Control Centre (NCOC), 131 new fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the national death toll to 19,987. In addition, nationwide recoveries were recorded at 804,122. The country recorded 8.22 percent positivity rate across the country, as 51,130 tests were conducted to diagnose coronavirus in the past 24 hours. The total number of tests currently stands at 12,603,469.

Punjab remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic both in terms of cases reported as well as deaths followed by Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan.

So far, 331,102 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Punjab, 303,323 in Sindh, 128,033 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,24,223 in Balochistan, 79,789 in Islamabad, 18,469 in Azad Kashmir, and 5,452 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Furthermore, 9,640 individuals have lost their lives to the virus in Punjab, 4,854 in Sindh, 3,855 in KP, 239 in Balochistan, 740 in Islamabad, 521 in Azad Kashmir, and 107 in GB. At least 1,189 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Punjab during the past 24 hours. According to the Punjab Primary and Secondary Health Care Department, at least 77 more patients succumbed to the pandemic. The department added that at least 293,281 patients had recovered from the deadly virus as of yet, with 2,420 people recovered in the past 24 hours. The Sindh government has decided to maintain the existing coronavirus restrictions across the province amid a surge in the Covid-19 cases.

It was decided at a meeting of the provincial task force on coronavirus on Thursday...