PESHAWAR: The number of coronavirus cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa jumped to 16 on Wednesday, the nationwide tally of COVID-19 cases has risen to 245 after new patients were reported from Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Health Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Taimur Jhagra, in his tweet, said: “The minister said with an increase of a new case in the KP, the number stands at 16 in the province”.
In the spirit of continued transparency, have received news of one new positive case of #coronavirus in Abbottabad. The gentleman has came to Pakistan from UK. This takes KP total cases to 16. He has been home quarantined since he displayed no symptoms.#coronavirusinpakistan
— Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra (@Jhagra) March 17, 2020
He further said the new patient hailing from Abottabad returned from the United Kingdom. It may be noted that the number of coronavirus cases increased up to 245 in Pakistan. Sindh: 172, Punjab: 34, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 16, Balochistan: 16, Islamabad Capital Territory: four, Gilgit-Baltistan: three.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that over 11,500 people have infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) globally bringing the total number of confirmed cases above 179,000.
According to the WHO daily report on COVID-19), 179,112 cases have been reported globally, with 11,526 new ones over the past 24 hours, adding that the global death toll has jumped by 475 to 7,426.
The report further indicated that eight new countries, or regions including, Region of the Americas-3, African Region-3, Eastern Mediterranean Region-1, and Western Pacific Region-one have reported cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours.
BEIJING: China reported just one new domestic case in the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday. For the second consecutive day, there was only one more fresh infection in Wuhan. as many as 80,894 cases and 3,237 deaths have been reported in China since the coronavirus outbreak.
