Pakistan's COVID-19 cases reached 76,398 on Tuesday after 3,938 new infections were reported across the country, while the death toll due to the coronavirus has gone up to 1,621, according to the health ministry.
The Ministry of National Health Services said that 78 COVID-19 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities in Pakistan to 1,621.
A total of 27, 110 people have recovered, it said.
Sindh has 29,647 patients, Punjab 27,850, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 10,485, Balochistan 4,514, Islamabad 2,893, Gilgit-Baltistan 738 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 271, it added.
The authorities have conducted 577,974 tests, including 16,548 in the last 24 hours.
The jump in the number of cases comes a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan said that people should learn to live with COVID-19 until a vaccine is developed.
Khan addressed the media after chairing the meeting of National Coordination Committee, the highest body to tackle the pandemic.
"Coronavirus will not go away until the vaccine is discovered. We need to learn to live with it and we can live with it if we follow precautions," he said.
He said the one million volunteers of the government's coronavirus force will raise awareness of the need to follow guidelines.
The government also said that all sectors will be opened slowly after deciding the negative list of businesses which will not be allowed.
