PUNJAB: As many as 89 prisoners tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at different Jails in Lahore on Tuesday.
According to the provincial health department authorities, At least 59 prisoners at Lahore’s Camp Jail, or District Jail Lahore, tested positive for the COVID-19, whereas 14, seven, and nine were diagnosed with the novel COVID-19 in Sialkot, Gujranwala, and Dera Ghazi Khan, respectively.
Reports of 438 of the 527 prisoners tested in Camp Jail had been released. Of them 379 had tested negative for the COVID-19.
Earlier health officials said as part of precautionary measures, all the prisoners in Lahore’s camp jail had screened for coronavirus, adding that 26 of them were diagnosed with the diseases.
The police department officials said after the positive test of the 26 inmates the remaining 1,500 prisoners were moved to other jails in the city.
Pakistan reported 101 deaths from the novel COVID-19 while the total number of cases has jumped to 5,716.
According to National Command and Control Center, more than 342 cases of COVID-19 were reported while three people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours.
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