AJK confirms 4 more cases; tally rises to 6

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Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Health Minister Dr Najeeb Naqi has confirmed four more coronavirus cases in the Mirpur division, taking the total number of cases in AJK to six.

The increase in cases in AJK has not yet been updated on the government's Covid-19 website.

As per the health minister, one of the individuals who tested positive is a cancer patient and is therefore critical.

He added that many people were not heeding to repeated warnings by the government to stay indoors.

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