Daily Times

The total active Covid-19 cases in Pakistan on Wednesday were recorded at 5,936 as 665 more people tested positive for the deadly virus during the last 24 hours.

Four patients, three of them under treatment in hospitals and one out of hospital, died on Tuesday. No Covid-affected person was on ventilator in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Balochistan, while 97 ventilators elsewhere in Pakistan, out of 1,912 allocated for COVID-19 patients, were occupied.

Some 29,097 tests were conducted across the country on Tuesday, including 13,642 in Sindh, 9,828 in Punjab, 2,003 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 2,303 in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), 656 in Balochistan, 310 in Gilgit Baltistan (GB), and 355 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Around 290,760 people have recovered from the disease so far across Pakistan making it a significant count with over 90 percent recovery ratio of the affected patients. Since the pandemic outbreak, a total of 303,089 cases were detected so far, including AJK 2,441, Balochistan 13,690, GB 3,297, ICT 15,984, KP 37,140, Punjab 97,946 and Sindh 132,591.

About 6,393 deaths were recorded in country since the eruption of the contagion, including 2,448 in Sindh, two of them in hospital and one out of the hospital on Tuesday, 2,217 in Punjab, 1,257 in KP, 178 in ICT, 145 in Balochistan, 79 in GB whereas one of them on Sunday and 65 in AJK. A total of 3,024,987 corona tests have been conducted so far, while 735 hospitals are equipped with Covid facilities. Some 995 corona patients were admitted in hospitals across the country.

Punjab reported 129 coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours. No new deaths were reported during this period. The provincial total has risen to 97,946 while the death toll remains 2,220.

Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir have collectively reported 65 coronavirus cases and one death during the last 24 hours. The capital recorded 22 cases while AJK reported 28 cases. Meanwhile, GB reported 28 cases and one death during this period.

Pakistan has reported 499 Covid-19 recoveries during the last 24 hours, according to the government’s portal for tracking the spread of the virus in the country. The tally has risen to 303,089 while the recovery rate is 95.9 per cent.