Pakistan reports lowest daily COVID-19 cases since March

By Islamuddin Sajid

ISLAMABAD (AA) - Pakistan on Monday reported nearly 1,500 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily figure since March when the third wave of the virus hit the South Asian country, the Health Ministry said.

The country had reported 1,353 infections on March 8.

With new 1,490 cases over the past 24 hours, the total number of infections in the country reached 933,630, with 864,931 recoveries.

Some 58 people also lost their lives to the virus over the past day, bringing the nationwide death toll to 21,323.

The number of active cases also dropped to 47,376, down from over 70,000 on May 15, according to the Health Ministry.

The recent decline in the number of cases is viewed as the result of a strict government lockdown over the last two months.

All schools in northeastern Punjab and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces have reopened on Monday.

More than 9.2 million people have so far been vaccinated in the country, according to the National Command and Operation Center, a state-run agency that oversees the country's anti-virus strategy.