Pakistani man dies of corona virus in Italy
ISLAMABAD – A 61-year-old man from Pakistan has died of novel corona virus in Italy, the country's Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
Imtiaz Ahmed, who has become the first Pakistani corona virus casualty outside the country, had been living in the European country for past few years.
An FO spokesperson said the Pakistani Counsel General office is in contact with Ahmed's family.
In the past 24 hours, Italy recorded the highest toll in a single day since the start of the outbreak in the country, with 168 more people died of COVID-19 infection.
The whole of Italy - a country of some 60 million people - was placed under quarantine as the government stepped up efforts to tackle the coronavirus outbreak that has killed 631 people and affected more than 10,000.
Globally, more than 4,000 people have died from the coronavirus and over 113,000 cases have been confirmed, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). About 64,000 people have recovered around the world.