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ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar has tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Monday.

On a social media website Twitter, Nishtar said, “I have tested positive for COVID 19 and am isolating myself. I have mild symptoms and will, therefore, continue to work from home.”

I have tested positive for COVID 19 and am isolating myself. I have mild symptoms and will, therefore, continue to work from home

— Senator Dr Sania Nishtar (@SaniaNishtar) October 19, 2020

Several Pakistani politicians including PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif, ANP’s Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, Sindh education minister Saeed Ghani, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, and Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari had tested positive for coronavirus, after which they went into self-isolation and recovered.

PTI Punjab Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Shaheen Raza was the first lawmaker in the country who died due to COVID-19 a few months ago.

PTI MPA Mian Jamsheduddin Kakakhel from Nowshera and PML-N MPA Shaukat Manzoor Cheema from Gujranwala also passed away in June after being on the ventilator for a few days.

At least five more people have died in Pakistan due to the coronavirus, taking the death toll to 6,659 on Monday.

According to the National Command and Operations Center, 433 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 323,452. In Pakistan, 9,384 patients of coronavirus are undergoing treatment, and 37,409 have recovered.

The coronavirus has killed 2,298 people in Punjab and 2,581 in Sindh. The death toll in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has risen to 1,265, 195 in Islamabad, 148 in Balochistan, 90 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 82 in Azad Kashmir.

The number of coronavirus cases in Islamabad has reached 18,069. 101,652 cases have been reported in Punjab, 141,841 in Sindh, 38,645 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 15,688 in Balochistan, 4,059 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 3,498 in Azad Kashmir.