ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus pandemic death toll reaches to 135, while the country-wide confirmed COVID-19 infections reached to 7,027 on Friday after new infections were confirmed from all over Pakistan.
Health authorities have confirmed infections are increasing rapidly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh, nation-wide coronavirus tally shot up from 7,027 on Friday morning. As many as 1,680 patients have so far recovered from the virus in
Pakistan.
The province-wise break up of coronavirus infections given by the National Health Authorities Coronavirus dashboard at 10:37am, April 17, Friday, is as total number of confirmed infections was 7,027 with Punjab 3,291, Sindh 2,008, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 993, Gilgit-Baltistan 283, Balochistan 305, Islamabad Capital Territory 154 and AJK 46.
The province-wise break up of fatalities given by the National Health Authorities Coronavirus dashboard at 17:37am, April 17, Friday, total death toll was reported as 135, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 45, Sindh 45, Punjab 36, Gilgit- Baltistan 3, Balochistan 3 and Islamabad Capital Territory 1.
Meanwhile, Karachi Police arrested 331 people for violating the lockdown in the metropolis, said the spokesperson of the city’s police.
The spokesperson added that 85 cases have been registered for violation of section 144, while 78 rickshaws and 83 motorcycles were seized by the city cops.
Prime Minister Office on Friday issued directives to the chief secretaries of the provinces for giving guidelines to the departments and management officials regarding the Corona Tiger Force.
In a letter, the bureaucrats were told that the tiger force will be deployed as soon as the directives are issued by PM Imran Khan. It added that provincial governments should ready the forces and put them on standby.
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