ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister of Law and Justice Farogh Naseem has tested positive for COVID-19 amid resurgence of virus in the country.
The leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), who is also a Senate member, said that he has isolated himself after the test results came back positive.
Naseem said that he will continue to work from the home.
Pakistan has reported 75 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases rose to 403,311 on Wednesday.
The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 8,166, according to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC).
Some 2,829 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Punjab has overtaken Sindh with the most number of casualties.
So far, 175,642 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 120,356 in Punjab, 47,701 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 17,215 in Balochistan, 30,748 in Islamabad, 6,982 in Azad Kashmir and 4,667 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Furthermore 3,066 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 2,962 in Sindh, 1,375 in KP, 169 in Balochistan, 324 in Islamabad, 173 in Azad Kashmir and 97 in GB.
Pakistan has so far conducted 5,584,976 coronavirus tests and 35,197 in the last 24 hours. As many as 345,365 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 2,244 patients are in critical condition.
