Pak corona cases rise to 1,500; two more deaths reported

OBSERVER REPORTER
ISLAMABAD Pakistan now has 1,500 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with 12 people having died from the disease. One more person died of the corona in Punjab which was confirmed by Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Saturday. One death was reported from KP Buzdar confirmed that a person had died of coronavirus, as the provincial infected toll bumped to 490. In a tweet, Buzdar said: “With heavy heart, I am confirming that we have lost a 22 years old patient in Faisalabad. Total loss of lives is at 5 now. Currently we have 490 confirmed cases across Punjab.” The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases rose to 1,415 on Saturday after more people tested positive in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Islamabad Capital Territory and Balochistan. Twentyfive people have so far recovered from the virus. The province-wise break up of the total number of cases is as follows: Sindh: 469, Punjab 557, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 188, Balochistan 133, Islamabad Capital Territory 39, GilgitBaltistan 107, and AJK 2. In a post on the social networking platform Twitter, the department said that of the 497 confirmed infections, 116 were in Lahore, 51 in Gujrat, 19 in Jhelum, 15 in Rawalpindi, 9 in Gujranwala, 9 in Faisalabad, 5 in DG Khan, and 3 in Multan, among others and 207 cases of the virus have been identified in the pilgrims housed at the quarantine center in Dera Ghazi Khan, the department said. A doctor working in the District Headquarter Hospital, Rawalpindi has tested positive for Covid-19, Deputy Commissioner Capt (Retd) Anwarul Haq has confirmed. He added that the doctor is being kept in the isolation ward of hospital.