Another medical student died of the coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the number of doctors falling prey to the deadly virus in the province reached 39, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.

Sana Riaz was under treatment in the intensive care unit of Hayatabad Medical Complex where she had been placed on a ventilator. She became the province’s second medical student dying of the virus since the outbreak of this pandemic.

The latest figures released by National Command and Operation Centre on Tuesday morning showed that the number of cases and deaths reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had reached 54,448 and 1,553 respectively.