Pakistan government Reports second death from the Coronavirus

ISLAMABAD – The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has confirmed Pakistan’sfirst two COVID-19 deaths in Mardan and Peshawar, as total number of novelcoronavirus infections, with 19 fresh cases in Balochsitan, rose to 297 inthe country on Wednesday.

K-P CM’s Adviser on Information Ajmal Khan Wazir said the first deceased, a50-year-old patient identified as Saadat Khan, had arrived from SaudiArabia on March 9.The deceased’s coronavirus test, he said, came positive yesterday (March17). He hailed from Manga village, the adviser added.

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Sad to report one patient who passed away in Mardan.

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The second patient, a 36-year-old man from Hangu, had arrived in thecountry from Turkey via Dubai, said Wazir. He was also tested positiveyesterday, he added.

K-P Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra confirmed the two deaths on Twitter.