KARACHI: A senior official of the Sindh police passed away at a private hospital in Karachi on Thursday, a week after being hospitalised for contracting coronavirus. According to reports, Arshad and his colleague — SIU SP Muzaffar Iqbal — were diagnosed with the infection. While Iqbal had quarantined himself at home, was hospitalised a week ago for developing health complications. Pakistan on Thursday reported 1,302 infections of the novel coronavirus after conducting 32,376 tests — a positivity ratio of 4.02 percent. The health authorities have been sounding the alarm about a second wave of the virus for several weeks now.

Source: Pakistan Today November 05, 2020 12:11 UTC