Islamabad: Pakistan's sixth coronavirus (COVID-19) case was reported in Karachi, according to the Sindh health department.

In a statement on Thursday, the Department said the 69-year-old patient has a travel history to Iran and had returned to Pakistan on February 25, Dawn reported.

"He was being monitored by the health department and was tested today (Thursday) when the symptoms showed up. Now, we have three cases of coronavirus in Sindh," said Meeran Yousuf, the media coordinator to the health minister.

The patient had been admitted to the isolation ward of a government hospital and his family quarantine' at home, he said, adding that a health official would monitor the health of the family periodically.

The three other coronavirus patients were reported from Gilgit-Baltistan.