Corona cases reach 109 in Mardan

MARDAN: The number of corona positive cases reached 109 in the district while the tests reports of 430 people came back negative, sources said. The sources added that 755 tests were conducted in the district so far while the reports of 216 suspected patients were still awaited. A total of 255 suspected coronavirus patients were discharged from different quarantine centres while 28 people were at quarantine centres. Around 118 suspected patients were discharged from different isolation centres in the district while 30 patients are at isolation centres. A total of 18,267 people were screened in different parts of the district so far. Meanwhile, the Abdul Wali Khan University is facing financial crisis and it has no money to pay salaries to its employees, a varsity official said on the condition of anonymity. The official added the students are not paying the fees due to the corona virus epidemic. Sources added that the colleges affiliated with the university had also stopped new admissions.