Pakistan reported another 847 new coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours (Friday), raising the overall number to 327,063, the latest figures released by National Command and Operation Centre on Saturday morning showed.

Amid the fears that the country will soon experience a second wave of the pandemic, the latest daily count is the highest since July 31 when 903 people had tested positive for the deadly virus.

Meanwhile, the country recorded 12 more deaths on Friday, which means the toll has now reached 6,727.

As far as the region-wise distribution of these cases is concerned, Sindh, unfortunately, tops the list with 143,222 reported infections.

The details for other provinces and regions are: Punjab 102,467, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 38,923, Islamabad 18,764, Balochistan 15,791, Gilgit-Baltistan 4,148 and Azad Kashmir 3,788.

It shows that most of the latest cases reported in Sindh where 305 people got infected followed by 214 in Punjab and 186 in Islamabad.

Meanwhile, 455 coronavirus patients fully recovered from the infection on Friday, raising the total number of people overcoming the infection to 310,101. Hence, a total of 316,828 cases have so far closed [deaths + number of people recovering from infection] in the country.

Also, the country currently has 10,235 active coronavirus cases, representing a significant increase when compared with the past day.

On the other hand, 586 of the hospitalised patients are currently in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units.

Moreover, the officials administered another 31,009 across the country on Friday, after which their overall number has now jumped to 4,235,329.

Germany virus toll passes 10,000

Germany has suffered more than 10,000 Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to official data published Saturday. 

A total of 10,003 deaths have been recorded by the Robert Koch Institute, a federal government agency, with 418,005 infections recorded nationwide. Of those, 14,714 were diagnosed in the last 24 hours -- a daily record.

Robert Koch Institute president Lothar Wieler said Germany was facing a "very serious" situation and asked the population to adhere to social distancing measures.

Germany was spared during the first wave of coronavirus infections that hit Europe in spring but is now suffering a sharp increase in cases along with the rest of the continent.

Authorities have tightened measures against the pandemic including the adoption of a public assembly ban.

Chancellor Angela Merkel last weekend asked the country to reduce their social contact and stay home as much as possible.

"What winter will be, what our Christmas will be, will be decided in the days and weeks to come," she had warned.

With inputs from AFP.