Senior medic among 24 killed by virus in a single day.

PESHAWAR -- The death toll from coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reached 914 on Saturday as 24 more residents, including a senior doctor, died of the virus.

Of the new fatalities, 10 were reported in Peshawar district, four in Nowshera, two in Swat and one each in Mardan, Swabi, Lower Dir, Bajaur, Haripur, Kohat, Kurram and Bannu districts.

Noted among the deceased was Dr Naseer Haider Taipu, former senior medical officer of the Government Mental and General Hospital, Dadar, Mansehra.

A resident of Ghazi Township, Mansehra, he breathed his last at the Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad. According to a health department report, the province recorded 437 new cases, which took its overall tally of confirmed patients to 25,380.

Recoveries from Covid-19 total 12,149 in KP

The number of recoveries from coronavirus reached 12,149 after 345 more patients tested negative for the virus.

The report said the virus incidence had declined in the province due to the enforcement of smart lockdown, while the rate of recovery from the virus was also increasing.

However, Peshawar continued to have lion's share in the province's virus deaths and cases. The district recorded 222 new cases, which took its overall tally of patients to 8,827, highest in the province.

Deaths from the virus in Peshawar totalled 441.

Nowshera district has so far recorded 38 deaths from coronavirus.

The number of patients went to 707 after 16 more residents tested positive for the virus.

The virus fatalities in Swat district totalled 91 after two more patients...

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