Coronavirus cases emerging fast in Chitral

PESHAWAR: New cases of coronavirus are increasing in both Lower and Upper Chitral with the latter becoming the second most affected district in the P province after Peshawar where 21 people tested positive on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the pandemic claimed another life in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and infected 140 more people, the highest number of single-day cases since the second wave of the infectious disease.

Peshawar has also lost 605 lives as a result of coronavirus. The two districts of Chitral are also in trouble these days as both the districts are constantly reporting positive cases.

Chitral Upper is the second most affected district after Peshawar in terms of constantly reporting Chitral Lower reported 18 positive cases, Orakzai 15, Kohat 13 and Karak 10. Other places including Swat, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mohmand, Swabi, Buner, Dir Upper, Malakand, Bajaur, Mansehra, Abbottabad, and Lakki Marwat also reported positive cases.

It seems the virus has transmitted to all parts of the province. According to noted physician Prof Dr Syed Amjad Taqweem, there are certain cases of re-infection in the second wave of COVID-19 in the province.

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