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PML-N MPA Sobia contracts Covid-19
Several lawmakers who had shared a protest camp go into isolation
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PESHAWAR:
A provincial assembly lawmaker has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. However, it has prompted several other lawmakers from the provincial legislature, to go into isolation as they remained close to her during a protest camp in the provincial capital.
Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Sobia Shahid tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) on Sunday.
People who had been in contact with her during an anti-government protest outside the Chief Minister House in Peshawar late last week have quarantined themselves as a precaution.
Pakistan records 3,369 more coronavirus cases, 72 deaths News Desk
As many as 3,369 new cases of the coronavirus were reported across the country during the past 24 hours, pushing the national tally of infections to 438,425.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 72 more people succumbed to the infection during this period, taking the death toll from the disease to 8,796.
The NCOC said that a total of 42,222 samples were tested in the previous 24 hours, out of which 3,369 turned out to be positive. The number of active cases stands at 46,629 while 383,000 patients have recuperated from the disease so far.
Since the pandemic began, Sindh has reported as many as 194,359 infections, Punjab 127,212, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 52,092, Balochistan 17,737, Islamabad 34,579, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 7,663 and Gilgit Baltistan 4,783.