ISLAMABAD: Five people lost their lives while another 558 contracted Covid-19 in the twin cities on Saturday with Pims authorities revealing that several children were among the patients. A separate ward had to be established in the Children’s Hospital to accommodate the children who were displaying severe symptoms. Besides, 95 more beds were allocated in the capital’s hospitals for treatment …

SUKKUR/LARKANA: Federal Minister for Plann­ing, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has vowed that the federal government will soon announce Karachi-like development packages for other cities of Sindh. During his interaction with media personnel in Sukkur and Larkana on Saturday, Mr Umar held the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) government in Sindh responsible for problems of the province. Speaking at a …

8 ISLAMABAD: While positivity rate of coronavirus cases slightly dropped on Saturday when a record number of tests were conducted across the country, the deadly contagion claimed as many as 45 lives with the number of active cases increasing from 45,533 to 46,861 in 24 hours. Of the 48,223 tests conducted, the result of 3,045 cases came positive, indicating that …

The minimum temperature recorded in Karachi on Sunday was 10.5 degrees Celsius — the lowest during the month of November in the last 10 years, according to a statement from the meteorological department. Previously, the lowest temperature was recorded in Nov 2017 when it fell to 11°C. A temperature of 12°C was recorded in Nov 2010. The lowest temperature ever …

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s highest court on Saturday night threw out a lower court’s order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot in the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to thwart President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state. The state Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, threw out the three-day-old order, …

Antoine Howard drives from his home in downtown Dallas to Arlington almost every week to get tested for COVID-19. Howard, a fitness instructor and personal trainer, works with anywhere from 25 to 30 clients in group sessions, so frequent testing is a must. What you need to know about coronavirus, plus a map of every case in Texas “I’m always …

Almost none of the students at W. W. Samuell High School had access to district-issued laptops or internet hotspots in their homes just one year ago. In what would now be viewed as a prescient decision, Principal Jennifer Tecklenburg started handing out Chromebooks to students in December so that every student could have a device to take home. Constable feels …

A 5-year-old boy died Thursday night after being ejected from a rolling vehicle in northwest Dallas, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department said Saturday afternoon. Raul Reyna, a department spokesman, said detectives were notified of the accident at 9:48 p.m. Thursday. Detectives said a vehicle carrying three people ran into an impact attenuator on Interstate 35E at the Northwest Highway exit, …

3 A 40-year-old motorcyclist died early Saturday morning in northwest Dallas in a crash that police are investigating as a hit-and-run. “Police said the accident occurred around 3:40 a.m. The victim, a man driving a Kawasaki motorcycle, was headed northbound in the 10500 block of Shady Trail, near Interstate 35E and Lombardy Lane, when he crashed. He was found lying …

Dallas County on Saturday reported 982 more coronavirus cases, all of which the county considers new. Four new COVID-19 deaths were also reported. Constable feels “disrespected” after office moved to basement near “NEGROES” sign Ellis County Constable Precinct 3 Curtis Polk Jr. speaks about his relocated office in the… The latest victims were a Lancaster man in his 60s, a …