*ISLAMABAD – **Pakistani Doctor playing vanguard role in fight againstCoronavirus in Gilgit embraced martyrdom.*

*A doctor treating coronavirus patients in Gilgit-Baltistan has died of thevirus himself, the provincial health department said in a statement Sunday.*

“The Gilgit-Baltistan health department sadly confirms that Dr Usama Riaz,who was playing a vanguard role in the fight against coronavirus, hasembraced martyrdom,” the statement said.

The health department urged the authorities to declare Dr Riaz a nationalhero. This is the fourth death from the coronavirus in Pakistan.

The country has so far 777 known cases of the virus. Sindh has reported thehighest 333 cases.