ISLAMABAD: Confirming 51 new cases of COVID-19 infections by Provincial authorities of Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, pushing the country’s tally to 237.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra announced one more confirmed case of COVID-19, pushing the provincial tally to 16.
“We have received news of one new positive case of #coronavirus in Abbottabad. The gentleman has come to Pakistan from the UK. This takes KP total cases to 16. He has been home quarantined since he displayed no symptoms,” he wrote on his official Twitter handle.
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, from his official Twitter handle announced 18 fresh cases in the province. “On the basis of test reports, of suspected patients, I can confirm that the number of confirmed #coronavirus patients is now 26,” he wrote.
“We are testing all the suspected patients and 736 Zaireen (pilgrims) quarantined in DG Khan. 1,276 Zaireen coming from Taftan will also be quarantined,” he added.
Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani, meanwhile, confirmed six new cases in the provinces, raising its tally to 16. “Patients are being treated in isolation ward of Sheikh Khalifah Bin Zayyad Hospital [in Quetta],” he was quoted as saying.
Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Information Murtaza Wahab announced the new cases through Twitter.
Wahab said a total of 274 pilgrims were tested out of which 134 tested positive in Sukkur. In the rest of Sindh, 38 patients tested positive out of which 36 are under treatment while two have recovered. Five out of the latest patients had recently returned from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Earlier, Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid confirmed five new COVID-19 cases in the province in a news conference.
Overall, Sindh has 172 confirmed cases while Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has 16, Balochistan has 16, Islamabad four, Gilgit-Baltistan three, Punjab 26 and Azad Jammu and Kashmir has reported none till now.
The situational report provided by the National Institute of Health early Tuesday claimed the country’s tally at 187 with 150 confirmed cases in Sindh, 15 in K-P, 14 in Balochistan, four in Islamabad, three in G-B and one in Punjab.
There were a total of 499 COVID-19 tests performed across the country during the last 24 hours.
Four patients have been discharged after recovering – one in Islamabad and three in Sindh. However, the Sindh Health Department puts the tally at two.
According to NIH, a total of 995,821 travellers have been screened at entry points so far out of which 20,187 travelers were checked in the 24 hours.
The total number of suspected patients in the country stands at 533, with around 100 being added to the number during the last 24 hours.
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