ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus outbreak is on rise in Pakistan as the number of confirmed cases of infections with the deadly virus in Pakistan has risen to 34 as of Sunday after more new cases were reported from Islamabad and Karachi.
Another coronavirus case has been confirmed in Islamabad on Sunday.
According to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) spokesperson Dr Waseem Khawaja, the newly confirmed patient was the husband of a woman who was confirmed to have the virus on Saturday. She had arrived in the capital from the United States and was brought to Pims two days prior. Khwaja said both husband and wife are admitted in the hospital’s isolation ward.
Karachi has been the worst affected city so far, with 17 of the total confirmed cases. Of the remaining, five cases have been reported in Gilgit-Baltistan and one case has been reported each in Hyderabad and Quetta. Seven other cases were reported at the Taftan border on Friday.
Globally, more than 5,800 people have died and more than 156,000 have been infected by COVID-19 as the disease spreads rapidly in new territories.
The epicentre of the outbreak has now shifted to Europe, which is recording a rapid rise in new cases every day.
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