Daily Times

The total active Covid-19 cases in Pakistan on Friday were recorded at 42,478 as 2,972 more people tested positive for the deadly virus. Eighty-three patients, 74 of whom were under treatment in hospitals and nine in their respective homes or quarantines, died, according to the latest update issued by the National command and Operation Centre (NCOC). Most of the deaths occurred in Sindh, followed by the Punjab. Out of the total 83 deaths, 51 patients died on ventilators. No Covid-affected person was on ventilator in Balochistan and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) while 295 ventilators were occupied elsewhere in Pakistan. The maximum ventilators were occupied in four major areas including Multan 45 percent, ICT 42 percent, Peshawar 27 percent and Lahore 34 percent. The oxygen beds (oxygen providing facility other than ventilator as per patient’s medical requirement) were also occupied in four major areas as in Rawalpindi 40 percent, Multan 39 percent, Peshawar60 percent and ICT 38 percent. Some 39,171 tests were conducted across the country on Thursday, including 12,859 in Sindh, 15,395 in Punjab, 4,755 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 4,755 in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), 395 in Balochistan, 367 in GB, and 645 in AJK. Around 399,852 people have recovered from the disease so far across Pakistan making it a significant count with over 86 percent recovery ratio of the affected patients. Since the pandemic outbreak, a total of 451,494 cases were detected so far, including AJK 7,893, Balochistan 17,868, GB 4,810, ICT 35,700, KP 54,021, Punjab 130,122 and Sindh 201,080.