RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: With 63 new cases, total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the province of Punjab has reached 1,196, a spokesman of health department said on Sunday.

Of those 1,196, 537 were local transmissions, 312 from zaireen centres across the province and 347 were associated with the Tableeghi Jamaat.

Among the zaireen, 213 were in Dera Ghazi Khan, 91 in Multan, 5 in Faisalabad.

Among the preachers from Tableeghi Jamaat, 303 were part of Raiwind Markaz, 3 from Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha 13, Vihari 13, Rawalpindi 6, Nankana 2, Gujrat 5 and 2 are from Rahimyar Khan.

The spokesman added that Lahore’s 220 confirmed cases were highest in the province.