Police decide to deal strictly with lockdown offenders in Lahore

Last updated on: 04 April,2020 07:40 am

All the entry and exit points of the city have been sealed.

LAHORE (Dunya News) - The Punjab government has decided to deal strictly with the violators of provision of lockdown in the provincial metropolis, Dunya News reported on Friday.

All the entry and exit points of the city have been sealed. The decision has been taken to obtain better results from the ongoing lockdown to deal with novel coronavirus.

Pakistani authorities on Friday have reported 37 deaths in the country from novel coronavirus while the total number of confirmed cases has surged to 2547.

According to details, 977 patients have been tested positive for the epidemic in Punjab, 783 in Sindh, 343 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 190 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 175 in Balochistan, 68 in Islamabad and 11 in Azad Kashmir.

So far, 126 patients have recovered in the country while 10 are in critical condition.