PESHAWAR: Pakistan reported two deaths of COVID-19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while death of a 90 year old in Gilgit Baltistan was not due to Coronavirus and the infections took the toll to 307 rounf the country.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) reported Pakistan’s first two deaths from the novel coronavirus, as according to KP Health Minister one of the patients, a 36-year-old resident of Hangu, being treated at LRH Peshawar has passed away.
Second victim of coronavirus, 50-year-old Sadaat Khan, who was receiving treatment at Mardan Medical Complex (MMC) passed away. The patient had returned from Saudi Arabia a week ago.
Meanwhile, Director of Mardan Hospital Dr Javed Iqbal also confirmed that a coronavirus patient named Saadat Khan has passed away.
The coronavirus cases in Pakistan have surged to 288 as 208 patients have been tested positive for the epidemic in Sindh, 28 in Punjab, 19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 16 in Balochistan, four in Islamabad and 13 in Gilgit-Baltistan, Dunya News reported.
Death of suspected patient not due to coronavirus: Gilgit-Baltistan govt, according to spokesperson of Gilgit-Baltistan government Faizullah Firaq said that death of a 90-year-old man who passed away was not due to coronavirus.
Faizullah Firaq said that government has received the individual’s test reports and cause of his death was pneumonia not COVID19.
Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Hafeezur Rehman has confirmed 10 new coronaviurs cases in the region among pilgrims who returned from Iran. Gilgit-Baltistan has reported 13 total cases.
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar confirmed 28 cases and announced Rs 5billion fund to combat coronavirus.
Talking to media in Lahore, CM Buzdar said that as many as 28 people have been tested positive for the COVID-19 in Punjab, while there are 189 suspected cases of the virus.
Buzdar said that the provincial government has allocated funds worth Rs5 billion in order to curtail the risk of the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Sindh government spokesman and advisor on law and environment Barrister Murtaza Wahab has requested the people to stay at home for fourteen days.
During a press conference held in Karachi, Barrister Murtaza Wahab asked people to self-quarantine for 14 days for the prevention from deadly coronavirus in the province. If you want to help the government, just quarantine yourself instead of going on vacations, he asked.
Earlier Sindh government spokesman and advisor on law and environment Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Wednesday has said that the number of coronavirus cases in Sindh has escalated to 181 while two patients have also been discharged from the hospital after full recovery.
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