For the fifth day Pakistan has reported a little over 1,000 daily cases of the Covid virus bringing the rate close to 3%. At present, it stands at 2.97% and with Eid approaching, there are fears it could rise.

According to figures from NCOC released on Monday morning, 19 people died in the last one day.

It also said Pakistan conducted 45,245 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours, of which 1,347 came back positive for the virus.

The total number of active cases is 33,299, and the total recoveries have increased to 907,934. virus since then.

According to a province-wise breakdown, the total cases reported in Sindh so far are 340,902, in Punjab 346,852, in Khyber Paktunkhwa 138,533, in Islamabad Capital Territory 82,969, in Balochistan 27,419, in Gilgit-Baltistan 6,427 and in Azad Jammu and Kashmir 20,558.