As the number of coronavirus cases continues to soar in Lahore, the Punjab government imposed a smart lockdown in 22 hotspot localities of the provincial capital on Saturday. 

The smart lockdown was imposed in parts of Nishtar and Sutlej blocks of Allama Iqbal Town and some localities in neighbourhoods like Wahdat Road, Guldasht Town, Rizwan Garden, Old Umar Khan, DHA Phase-1, 2 and 5, Askari-X, Cavalry Ground Extension, Military Accounts Society, Township, Khayaban-e-Ameen, Johar Town and Wapda Town. People’s movement in and out of these areas has been restricted. 

Pakistan reported 87 deaths and 3,179 coronavirus cases in 24 hours (Friday), as the country grappled with the second wave of the pandemic, according to the latest data released by the National Command and Operation Centre on Saturday.