On Wednesday, Government officials of Gilgit claimed that the city has "finally become COVID-19 free."

In a tweet, the Gilgit Deputy Commissioner announced the news and shared a daily situation report for COVID-19 released by the Provincial Emergency Operation Centre of Gilgit-Baltistan's health department. 

Responding to the tweet, the Secretary of Gilgit Baltistan's Home Department Muhammad Ali Randhawa thanked God for the development by saying "Alhamdulillah."

According to the report which shows zero new cases in Gilgit city, since the outbreak of the virus, Gilgit-Baltistan synthetically has witnessed a total of 4,912 cases in the region out of which 4,794 people have recovered, while 102 people have died.