Pakistan has reported its lowest number of coronavirus deaths since May 28 after 40 people passed away from the virus during the last 24 hours.

The total number of deaths reported so far in Pakistan are 5,426. 2145 new coronavirus cases were also were reported in the country taking the tally to 257,914. 108,913 cases have so far been reported in Sindh, 88,539 in Punjab, 31,217 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11,322 in Balochistan,

Similarly, 14,402 infections have been reported in Islamabad, 1,750 Gilgit-Baltistan and 1771 in Azad Kashmir.

Meanwhile, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has dismissed news that decrease in coronavirus cases is due to reduction in the testing. "Decline is primarily due to a nearly 60% reduction in positivity," he tweeted.