Pakistan's coronavirus cases rise to 19 as Balochistan reports first case
One patient of COVID-19 has successfully recovered and has been sent home.
QUETTA (Dunya News) Balochistan has comfirmed its first coronavirus case in Quetta on Tuesday, taking the number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 19.
According to provincial government, a 12-year-old boy, who arrived in Pakistan from Iran, has contracted the viral disease. Medical Superintendednt (MS) of Fatima Jinnah Hospital said that parents of the boy are uninfected.
Earlier, two persons tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in Sindh on Tuesday, taking the total number of the COVID-19 infections in the province to 15.
According to Sindh Health Department, one of the infected persons reached Karachi from Syria via Doha while second patient, who is resident of Hyderabad, arrived in Karachi from Iran via Dubai.
Timeline of coronavirus in Pakistan
March 9, 2020
Nine persons tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in Karachi in a single day, taking the total number of the COVID-19 infections in the country to 16.
Six persons infected with coronavirus reached Karachi from Syria via Doha while three other arrived in the city from London via Dubai.
March 8, 2020
Pakistan confirmed seventh Coronavirus case with another patient diagnosed with the virus in Karachi.
A 50-year-old patient was tested positive for the virus. The patient and his family members were immediately quarantined.
March 7, 2020
Pakistan’s first coronavirus patient fully recovered from the deadly virus.
The patient, Yahya Jafferi, belonging to Sindh had tested positive for the virus on 26th February and was under quarantine at Aga Khan Hospital, Karachi.
March 5, 2020
Another case of the coronavirus was reported in Pakistan, with another patient diagnosed with the virus in Karachi.
Spokesperson of the Sindh Chief Minister said that another case of Coronavirus has been reported in the metropolis, after which the number of patients in the country rose to six.
March 3, 2020
Pakistan confirmed fifth coronavirus case. The patient is a 45-year-old woman from the northern mountainous region of Gilgit Baltistan, who arrived from Iran.
February 29, 2020
Pakistan detected two new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of patients with the infection in the country to four.
"One of the two patients has tested positive in the capital Islamabad and the other one in Karachi," the prime minister’s advisor on health Dr. Zafar Mirza told a press conference.
February 26, 2020
Pakistan confirmed first two cases of coronavirus, the State Minister of Health said.
According to Sindh Health Department, 22-year-old Yahya took a flight to Karachi from Iran. Patient and his family were immediately placed in quarantine at a hospital.
