Deputy Speaker of KP Assembly contracts coronavirus
Last updated on: 14 November,2020 11:07 am
Wife and son of Mehmood Jan have also contracted the disease.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Deputy Speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly Mehmood Jan has tested positive for novel coronavirus.
As per details, wife and son of Mehmood Jan have also contracted the disease. The deputy speaker quarantined himself after receiving the test report.
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 17 deaths in last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 354,461. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 7,109, Dunya News reported on Saturday.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 2,165 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours.
Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad.
Till now 153,873 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 109,309 in Punjab, 41,723 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 23,533 in Islamabad, 16,328 in Balochistan, 5,261 in Azad Kashmir and 4,434 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Furthermore 2,722 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Sindh, 2,462 in Punjab, 1,305 in KP, 155 in Balochistan, 253 in Islamabad, 93 in GB and 119 in Azad Kashmir.