4th lawmaker dies from coronavirus in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Health officials have said one more Pakistani lawmaker has died at a hospital in Islamabad after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Mian Jamshed Kakakhel, who was a member of a provincial assembly in the northwest, died Wednesday. His death comes a day after two lawmakers died at different hospitals after testing positive for the coronavirus.
So far, four Pakistani lawmakers have died because of the coronavirus in the country, which recorded its highest single-day increase in infections with 4,131 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours.
Pakistan on Wednesday reported 67 deaths in the past 24 hours from the outbreak.
Critics have been blaming Prime Minister Imran Khan for an increase in deaths and infections. They accused him of easing restrictions last month at a time when there was a need to enforce a stricter lockdown to contain the spread of the virus.
Pakistan has recorded a total of 80,463 confirmed cases and 1,688 deaths since February.
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