Times of Islamabad

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan registers three months high

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan registers three months high

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday reported its highest single-day surge incoronavirus cases after three months, government data showed.

As per the data, the country reported 847 news cases on October 23 out of31,009 samples taken by the health authorities. The country also reported12 new deaths in the last 24 hours.

The last time such a spike was recorded on July 30 when more than 900 caseswere detected.

The new increase has taken the number of positive cases in the country to327,063, while the countrywide death toll has increased to 6,727.