Staff Reporter
The Punjab govt on Tuesday banned meetings of prisoners with their families for ten days across the province in the wake of coronavirus.
The Home Department has issued a notification in this regard to Punjab Prisons IG, DIG and all provincial superintendants while directing to ensure implementation on the COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs).
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 103 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 696,184. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 14,924.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 3,953 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Till now 6,675 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,510 in Sindh, 2,469 in KP, 584 in Islamabad, 372 in Azad Kashmir, 211 in Balochistan, and 103 in GB.
Furthermore 266,926 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 235,569 in Punjab, 93,033 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 62,211 in Islamabad, 19,855 in Balochistan, 13,529 in Azad Kashmir and 5,061 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan has so far conducted 10,493,362 coronavirus tests and 46,665 in the last 24 hours.
618,158 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 3,645 patients are in critical condition.
