Coronavirus claims 16 more lives in K-P

PESHAWAR: The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has reached to 381 as 16 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, official data issued by Khyber Health Department confirmed on Saturday.

As many as 236 new cases were confirmed in the province during the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 7,391.

The new infections include 16 from people returning from abroad who have been kept at different quarantine centers.

Out of 16 new deaths, nine have been reported in Peshawar, one each in Nowshera, Mardan, Bajaur, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Kohat, and Lakki Marwat.

The Health Department said a total of 2,297 patients have recovered in KP including 99 during the last 24 hours.

K-P maintains the grim milestone of most deaths from the pandemic in the country, while Peshawar remains the most affected district of KP with 225 deaths, nearly two-thirds of the total deaths in the province.

The total confirmed cases in the metropolis have reached 2,805, nearly half of the tally in the province.

Another woman coronavirus patient died in Nowshera. Nowshera Deputy Commissioner Shahid Ali Khan said the deceased woman was laid to rest in Gul Baba graveyard under the standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Published in The Express Tribune, May 24^th, 2020.