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Coronavirus outbreak: Punjab reports first coronavirus death

Pakistan on Tuesday reported its seventh death from the novel coronavirus in the country. 

The death was reported in Punjab. According to the provincial Health Minister Yasmin Rashid, the patient was a 57-year-old admitted to Mayo Hospital.

Pakistan's tally of positive cases of coronavirus reached 892 after more cases were reported in Sindh and Punjab on Tuesday. 

According to Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar, there are 176 confirmed cases in Dera Ghazi Khan, 51 in Lahore, five in Gujrat, six in Jhelum, three in Jhelum, two each in Rawalpindi and Multan and one case each in Faisalabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Rahim Yar Khan and Sargodha.

Sindh remains the worst affected with a total of 399 cases. In Karachi alone, the numbers of cases are 130 with the majority said to be cases of "local transmission".

According to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department, the number of cases in the province stands at 38 after four new patients were reported, while the number of reported cases in Gilgit-Baltistan is 80.

Balochistan has reported 108 cases, while one case has been reported from Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

While in Islamabad, 15 patients have been confirmed to have contracted the virus.

The country has also reported six deaths from the virus, with Balochistan reporting its first death on Sunday.

Balochistan government's spokesperson, Liaquat Shahwani confirmed the province's first death from the virus in a tweet.