5 more patients die in Punjab:toll now 197.

Byline: Iqtidar Gilani

LAHORE -- Five more COVID-19 patients died in the province on Monday, taking death toll to 197. Confirmed cases of novel coronavirus raced to 11,568 with the addition of 475 new infections in the province.

Out of a total of 197 COVID19 fatalities in Punjab till date, as many as 69 casualties occurred in Lahore, 36 in Multan, 34 in Rawalpindi, 21 in Gujranwala, 13 in Faisalabad, four each in Rahim Yar Khan and Sargodha, three in Gujrat, two each in Bahawalpur and Toba Tek Singh and one each in Attock, Hafizabad, Jhang, Sahiwal, Nankana Sahib, Sialkot, Layyah, Sheikhupura and Narowal.

Out of total 11,568 COVID-19 patients in Punjab so far, as many as 1,926 are preachers of Tableeghi Jamaat, 768 pilgrims, who returned from Iran, 86 prisoners in nine districts and 8,788 citizens who mostly have fallen prey to local transmission. Out of the collective figure of common citizens, prisoners and those isolated at quarantine facilities in Punjab, the highest number of 5,511 cases have been confirmed in Lahore alone, which has become an epicenter of coronavirus with 262 new cases, 69 deaths, 59 prisoners and 5,452 common citizens plus quarantined patients.

Besides, as many as 893 patients are diagnosed with COVID19 in Multan, 685 in Gujranwala, 650 in Rawalpindi, 507 in Gujrat, 441 in Faisalabad, 421...