ISLAMABAD:Pakistan on Monday reported five deaths from Covid and 492 new cases pandemic cases in last 24 hours.

The National Institute of Health (NIH) in its update said that overall death toll has surged to 30,445. The tally of total cases has surged to 1,546,744. The number of patients in critical care was recorded 169. Pakistan conducted a total of 20,361 tests in the last 24 hours. Around 957 patients have recovered from the contagious virus.

As many as 588,093 coronavirus cases have so far been confirmed in Sindh, 510,398 in Punjab, 220,508 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 136,850 in Islamabad, 35,654 in Balochistan, 43,465 in Azad Kashmir, and 11,775 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Amid fears of six wave of coronavirus, the government has started imposing restrictions to curb the infection rate. Recently, authorities have made it mandatory for passengers travelling on public transport and domestic flights to wear face masks.