G-B tally reaches 103 following 16 new cases

The region enters its fifth day of lockdown

GILGIT: Another 16 people were tested positive in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) as the total number of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients rose to 103 in the region on Friday.

The announcement was made by the G-B government during the fifth day of lockdown in the region.

“With three patients recovered and Dr Usma Riaz’s death, the tally now stands as 103,” said advisor chief minister on Information Shams Mir during a daily briefing at Gilgit Press Club.

The advisor said result of 300 cases was pending in NIH Islamabad and other hospitals.

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Mir further said G-B would continue to receive edible items and medicine from rest of the country as Chief Minister Hafeezur Rehman has spoken to Prime Minister Imran Khan about it.

Law minister Aurangzeb Khan, who was also present in the presser, said G-B would receive another 76 pilgrims from Taftan, adding things are being sorted out about how and where they would be screened, tested and kept in G-B.

Regarding the G-B students stranded in Karachi following lockdown, Khan said they had been brought back by special buses, adding the total number of students entering the region on Thursday was 630, who will be further screened for the virus as per procedure.

“We hope they would cooperate with us,” the law minister added.