Islamabad: Pakistani authorities on Monday imposed a partial lockdown in several more high-risk areas in the capital, Islamabad, and elsewhere in the country after the positivity rate from coronavirus infections jumped to over 11%.
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On Monday, authorities in the eastern Punjab province also announced a two-week-long partial lockdown in high-risk cities from April 1 in an effort aimed at containing the spread of the virus.
So far, Pakistan’s government has avoided a nationwide lockdown to spare the country’s ailing economy from more damage.
On Monday, Pakistan reported 41 additional deaths and 4,525 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.
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Pakistan has reported 659,116 cases in total, and 14,256 deaths, since last year.
AP
