13 new coronavirus cases emerge in Sindh, national tally rises to 52

KARACHI: Thirteen new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Sindh, taking the provincial tally to 34.

Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Law Murtaza Wahab has announced that 13 people have been tested positive for coronavirus in Sukkur – who had recently traveled from Taftan.

Murtaza Wahab took to Twitter and said, “So far 13 people have tested positive of #COVID-19 from amongst the people who arrived in Sukkur from Taftan.”

So far 13 people have tested positive of #COVIDー19 from amongst the people who arrived in Sukkur from Taaftaan. These people were purportedly kept in quarantine at the border

— SenatorMurtaza Wahab (@murtazawahab1) March 15, 2020

He further said that those who were tested positive were “purportedly” kept in quarantine at the Pakistan-Iran border.

This brings the total number of coronavirus in Pakistan to 52. Lahore has also reported a new case earlier. So far, 34 cases have been reported in Sindh, 10 in Balochistan, four in Islamabad, three in Gilgit Baltistan and 1 in Lahore.

Earlier, four new cases of coronavirus were reported in Karachi and another case of coronavirus was reported in Islamabad who was the husband of the woman who tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.