Shawdesh Desk:

A total of 6,783 active and retired members of the Armed Forces so far have been infected with the coronavirus and 78 members have died, said an Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR) Directorate release on Saturday.

Among the infected Armed Forces members, 5,677 have already recovered from the deadly virus, it said.

Some 521 people in the armed forces found Covid-19 positive and 12 died in the last week.

Of the twelve death cases, all of them are retired officers.

A total of 903 infected persons are undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), it said.