Pakistan registered its highest single-day rise in coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, with 4,801 new cases taking the country's total tally to 85,264.
The country's number of cases has now surpassed those officially reported in China, where the first outbreak of the novel coronavirus was reported, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University. World health authorities have, however, cautioned that the Chinese government's official figures on infections and deaths from the coronavirus may not be accurate.
At least 85 patients died in Pakistan on Wednesday, taking the total death toll since the country's outbreak began in late February to 1,813.
Among those who died on Wednesday were two provincial lawmakers - Shaukat Manzoor Cheema of the opposition PML-N party in the central province of Punjab and Mian Jamsheduddin Kakakhel of the ruling PTI party in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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