The country saw yet another high in the number of coronavirus cases on Saturday, with at least 2,843 cases being recorded in the last 24-hour period as the pandemic's second wave sweeps through Pakistan.

At least 42 people also passed away during the same time period, said the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC). Saturday's increase in cases is highest since July.

The NCOC added that 42,752 coronavirus tests were conducted on Friday and recoveries touched 328,931. The number of COVID-19 patients in Sindh has reached 161,028, Punjab has recorded 113,457 cases, 43,730 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 26,177 in Islamabad and 16,699 cases have been recorded in Balochistan to date.

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