Daily Times

As many as 141 patients lost their lives to Covid-19 on Wednesday, touching the highest tally of deaths in a single day due to virus.

The national tally of total active Covid-19 cases was recorded at 91,204 on Wednesday, with 4,199 more people testing positive and 3,915 people recovering from the disease.

At least 135 of the deceased were under treatment in hospitals and six perished in their respective quarantines or homes, according to the latest update issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). Most of the deaths were reported in Sindh, followed by Punjab. Out of the total 141 deaths, 59 of them were on ventilators.

There were 5,586 Covid infected patients under treatment in critical condition with 73 infected people admitted during past 24 hours in various Covid dedicated healthcare facilities of the country.

The national Covid positivity ratio during past 24 hours was recorded 6.83 percent. The Covid positivity ratio is the percentage of actual positive cases appearing in every 100 tests performed to identify infected individuals.

The maximum ventilators were occupied in four major cities including Islamabad 43 percent, Bahawalpur 56 percent, Lahore 42 percent and Multan 67 percent.

The maximum Oxygen beds (alternate oxygen providing facility other than ventilator administered as per medical requirement of COVID patient) was also occupied in four major cities of Abbottabad 71 percent, Swat 72 percent, Nowshera 80 percent, and Swabi 75 percent.

Around 503 ventilators were occupied elsewhere in the country while no COVID affected person was on ventilator in Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

Some 61,410 tests were conducted across the country on Tuesday, including 20,342 in Sindh, 21,361 in Punjab, 10,575 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 4,609 in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), 2,390 in Balochistan, 740 Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and 1,393 in AJK. Around 1,019,434 people have recovered from the disease so far across the country making it a significant count with over 90 percent recovery ratio of the affected patients. Since the pandemic broke out, a total of 1,135,858 cases were detected that also included the perished, recovered and under treatment COVID-19 patients so far, including AJK 31,087, Balochistan 31,928, GB 9,739, ICT 96,980, KP 158,243, Punjab 383,742 and Sindh 424,139.