Sharjah 24 – SPA: Pakistan on Friday crossed the grim milestone of 1 million coronavirus infections amid fears that the outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant might batter densely populated cities, dpa reported.

Around 1, 500 new cases were reported on Thursday, taking the total number beyond 1 million, the Health Ministry said.

Nearly 23,000 people have succumbed to the virus so far in the South Asian nation with a population of more than 200 million.