Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has confirmed 23 more cases of the novel coronavirus, according to a report issued by the provincial health department.

Health authorities have also reported the deaths of two more patients, one each in Bannu and Nowshera, raising the death toll from the virus in the province to 8.

Meanwhile, 27 more people who had been infected by the virus have now recovered, health authorities reported. The total number of people who have recovered from the virus in the province stands at 29.

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