PESHAWAR – The coronavirus positivity ratio is constantly on decline in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as 187 new cases reported when 10905 tests were conducted in the province during last 24 hours, said Corona updates shared by the Health Department here on Sunday.
A significant decrease has witnessed in corona cases during last four days and for first time the number has declined below 200 in the province. Similarly, deaths are decreasing as 9 persons died of the virus during last 24 hours.
With the deaths of 9 persons, the death toll from the disease has reached to 5507 in the province. The number of total active cases in the province is 5175. While during the last 24 hours, 305 patients have also been recovered from the disease that takes the total number of recovered persons to 162528. According to updates shared by the spokesmen of the three major hospitals, 248 Corona patients were under treatment in the hospitals with 193 in Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), 142 in Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) and 113 in Lady Reading Hospital (LRH).
Popularity graph of PTI increases day by day: Shaukat Yousafzai
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Labour, Culture and Human Rights, Shaukat Yousafzai on Sunday said that the popularity graph of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was increasing with each passing day based on resolving people’s problems at their doorstep. He was addressing a joining-ceremony where large numbers of political workers belonging to other parties have announced joining in PTI at village Zara Shalaun.
The Minister said that people of Shangla have extended their confidence over the leadership of the PTI with approval of Rs21 billion for uplift and development of the area. He said that district Shangla would be at par with other developed cities by removing long-lasting deprivation of area people.
Shaukat said that the people have rejected the narrative of opposition in the recent Cantonment Boards elections and asked all opposition parties to field a joint candidate against PTI in the general polls to test their popularity.