38 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Hyderabad during the last 48 hours, taking the total number of infections in the district to 440.

The new cases include two family members of a doctor of Red Crescent Hospital, Latifabad, who died earlier this week, according to the focal person for the Hyderabad district health office (DHO) and laboratory reports.

They also include two house officers of Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) city branch, two doctors and a police constable of the City police station.

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