New Delhi (NVI): At least 9 Tablighi Jamaat activists have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Pakistan’s Punjab province today.
The new cases emerged in different districts of the Punjab province. Two weeks back, 198 Tableeghi Jamaat workers were quarantined in Pakpattan and 9 of them have tested positive, Dawn newspaper reported.
In addition to this, the total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan has reached 6,865, while 128 people have died of the disease so far, according to Geo news.
Around 1,648 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the virus in the country, including people from Sindh and Punjab province.
Nearly half of the total confirmed cases are from Punjab province alone, at 3,232.
Looking at the breakdown of cases, the Sindh province has reported 2,008 cases while Balochistan has 291 cases so far. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province has 912 cases, Islamabad 145, Gilgit Baltistan 237 and 46 in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
