AGP Khalid Jawed Khan tests positive for coronavirus
Last updated on: 28 February,2021 12:59 pm
The AGP has quarantined himself for 14 days.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Javed Khan on Sunday has been tested positive for coronavirus.
According to details, the AGP has quarantined himself for 14 days.
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 23 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 579,973. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 12,860 on Sunday.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 1,176 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad.
Till now 258,004 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 171,349 in Punjab 72,162 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 44,259 in Islamabad, 19,045 in Balochistan, 10,198 in Azad Kashmir and 4,956 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Furthermore 5,350 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,343 in Sindh, 2,072 in KP, 496 in Islamabad, 297 in Azad Kashmir, 200 in Balochistan, and 102 in GB.
Pakistan has so far conducted 8,951,838 coronavirus tests and 38,920 in the last 24 hours. 545,277 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 1,562 patients are in critical condition.