The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan rose to 13,871 on Monday after new cases were confirmed in the country.
Pakistan’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose to 292 after more patients lost their lives in the last 24 hours, health authorities said today.
A cancer patient who had contracted coronavirus earlier has recovered here in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Deputy Commissioner Shahid Ali Khan said Monday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 19.
However, two others tested positive, taking the number of cases to 48.
On the other hand, Assistant Commissioner Talha Zubair was being tested for the virus over apparent symptoms, Khan added.
Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal said that the local transmission of coronavirus cases was increasing after the province’s tally reached 781.
“We got to know that local transmission was increasing after random testing was conducted in the province,” he said.
“The testing capacity has increased and we are conducting more tests everyday,” Kamal said, adding: “So far, 35 have tested positive during random testing.”
