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ISLAMABAD: The total number of deaths due to the coronavirus in Pakistan has reached 6,523 and 315,727 have been affected.

According to the National Command and Operations Center, 467 new cases and six deaths have been reported in coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The number of people recovering from the virus in Pakistan has reached 3,616 and 8,588 patients are undergoing treatment.

The number of coronavirus cases in Islamabad has reached 16,845. Around 100,033 cases have been reported in Punjab, 138,593 in Sindh, 38,105 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 15,420 in Balochistan, 3,857 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 2,874 in Azad Kashmir.

The death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 2,243 in Punjab and 2,523 in Sindh, while 1,262 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 184 in Islamabad, 146 in Balochistan, 89 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 76 in Azad Kashmir.

There are facilities for coronavirus patients in 735 hospitals in Pakistan and the number of ventilators for corona patients in hospitals is 1,920. There are 132 testing laboratories operating in the country and trace, test, and quarantine strategies are working effectively in several cities.

The coronavirus cases have dropped considerably in Pakistan over the past months, prompting the government to completely lift a months-long lockdown. The number of cases dropped from nearly 7,000 per day to only 400, with daily fatalities hovering in the single digits.

However, additional cases have doubled over the past two weeks after schools reopened last month. Officials are currently following a “mini-smart lockdown” strategy. Instead of closing entire streets or shopping centers, only individual houses or workplaces with reported infections are sealed.