New cases of Coronavirus in Punjab, Sindh and Gilgit Baltistan. The total coronavirus cases have risen to 918 in Pakistan.
As in the world, the number of Coronavirus infected people is increasing in Pakistan day by day. As per details the coronavirus cases in Pakistan surpasses 918. While Punjab reports first death today.
With one new death case in Punjab, the death toll in Pakistan has risen to 7. Punjab has reports 16 new coronavirus cases. Sindh has reports 13 new coronavirus cases. Gilgit Baltistan reports 9 more coronavirus cases. With these new cases, the total coronavirus cases in Pakistan have reached 918.
Sindh:
In Sindh 13 new coronavirus cases have been reported & total cases in Sindh have reached 407. In this regard, Health Sindh spokesman Miran Yusuf said that 8 of the new arrivals cases are from Karachi which moved locally while the other 5 cases are from Sukkur who are pilgrimages.
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Explaining further details of patients, he says that there are 142 cases in Sindh other than Sukkur, Out of which 141 are from Karachi and one coronavirus patient is from Dadu. 4 of which has been fully recovered. While 137 patients are under treatment.
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Of these 141 cases, 90 are such cases that occurred locally. He also said that other cases of coronavirus are pilgrimages who came from Tuftaan. Out of 3149 people, 265 persons test become positive.
The first death in Punjab:
Health Minister of Punjab Dr. Yasmin Rashid confirmed the first death due to coronavirus in Punjab. She says that unfortunately, a 57-year-old coronavirus patient died at Mayo Hospital Lahore.
Unfortunately, a #COVID19 Patient Afrasiyab, aged 57, who was admitted in Mayo Hospital, lost his life today. These are indeed difficult times for the whole country. Only way we can fight this pandemic is by staying indoors and following the precautionary measures.
— Dr. Yasmin Rashid (@Dr_YasminRashid) March 24, 2020
She also said that this is a difficult time for the entire country. The only way to fight with this deadly Coronavirus is to stay and home and take basic protective measures.
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Punjab reports 16 new coronavirus cases. Provincial Health Department spokesman Qaiser Asif says that with these new 16 coronavirus cases the number of coronavirus cases has risen to 265 in Punjab.
He says that in these cases 176 are those who came from Iran. However, 59 cases are from Lahore, 2 Multan, 2 Rawalpindi, 12 Gujrat, 3 Jehlum, 7 Gujranwala and 1 each in Faisalabad, Mandi-Bahodin, Rahim Yar Khan and Sargodha. Due to Coronavirus the number of virus affected persons has reached 918 in Pakistan. Pakistan has reports 7 Coronavirus deaths, in which 3 are from Khyber Pakthunkhwa, One from Sindh, one from Gilgit Baltistan, one from Balochistan and one from Punjab.
Coronavirus Cases in Pakistan:
Most of the Coronavirus cases in Pakistan are from Sindh which are 407 while Punjab is on 2nd position with 265 coronavirus cases. Similarly, 110 coronavirus cases are in Balochistan and 38 cases are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Moreover, 15 people coronavirus cases are in Islamabad and one is in Azad Kashmir. According to the official website of Coronavirus in Pakistan, with 9 new cases in Gilgit Baltistan, the total number has reached to 80.