Eighty four deaths and 4723 new cases of Covid-19 were reported across the country during last twenty four hours.
As per the latest NCOC figures, after the addition of 84 more fatalities, the death toll has now surged to 14,697. As of Saturday, the total count of active cases was recorded at 58,500 whereas the positivity rate stood at 9.41 percent.
Sindh has so far reported 266,173 cases and 4,506 deaths, Punjab 228,356 cases and 6,523 deaths, Balochistan 19,679 infections and 211 deaths, while KP has confirmed 90,262 cases and 2,417 deaths.
Islamabad has reported 60,197 cases and 574 deaths, Gilgit-Baltistan has reported 5,045 COVID-19 cases and 103 deaths, while Azad Jammu and Kashmir has reported 13,176 cases and 363 fatalities. On the other hand, the Punjab government on Friday decided to shut all the tourist spots in the province keeping in view the recent spike in COVID-19 cases.