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Peshawar doctor passes away after battle with coronavirus
Peshawar: Yet another doctor succumbed to the Covid-19 in Peshawar on Thursday.
According to details, Dr. Muhammad Iqbal was undergoing treatment at HMC Hospital after being diagnosed with coronavirus. He was posted in Mardan, which is a city in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa.
The number of doctors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who passed away due to coronavirus rises to 58.
His funeral prayers will be offered at Hathian station at 2 pm.
Pakistan is presently experiencing the third wave of coronavirus which is said to be deadlier and more contagious than previous two waves.
According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 5,395 cases of coronavirus were reported while 118 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 15,872.
The total number of confirmed cases reached to 739,818. As many as 646,652 patients have recovered from the disease with 4,276 critical cases. The confirmed cases have surged to 102, 290 in the province with 2,761 casualties.
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