Prof Dr Mohammad Javed, head of the ENT Department at the Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC), died of the coronavirus here on Saturday.

He had been on a ventilator at the HMC after having tested positive for the coronaviurs a week ago, Dr Shehzad, director of the HMC, said.

Prof Javed is the first casualty of COVID-19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where more than a dozen health workers had already been tested positive for the coronavirus.

Prof Dr Mohammad Javed hailed from Abazai locality of Tehsil Tangi in Charsadda district. He was one of the top ENT specialists of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.