Seven people were killed and five injured in two separate accidents in Pakistan in the last 24 hours.
As many as seven members of a family were killed on Wednesday after fire erupted in a village on the outskirts of Toba Tek Singh district of the country’s eastern Punjab province, Xinhua news agency reported citing the local media.
The accident took place while the victims were sleeping, resulting in the death of all the family members in the house, rescue workers said.
The deceased included five girls.
Separately, five people were injured after a blast hit a house in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta.
Reportedly, the explosion occurred due to gas leakage in the house, resulting in injuries to all the people from the same family including three kids.
Pakistan confirms 898 new Covid-19 cases, 5 more deaths
Pakistan has confirmed 898 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday.
The country has confirmed 1,298,763 cases so far, including 1,257,600 recoveries, Xinhua news agency reported citing the NCOC.
Pakistan currently has 12,213 active cases who are under treatment in hospitals, including 652 in critical condition.
According to the NCOC data, five more deaths due to the pandemic were recorded on Tuesday, increasing the overall death toll to 28,950.
Pakistan’s southern Sindh province is the most affected region in terms of the number of cases, with 483,648 infections in total, followed by the eastern Punjab province which has reported 445,940 cases.