(Islamabad) Coronavirus illness; Covid-19 outbreak that has got
much intense here in Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi district
claimed another two lives in the region in last 24 hours while another 489
confirmed patients have been reported from the region taking tally to 33,849. It
is important that outbreak has so far claimed as many as 623 lives from ICT and
Rawalpindi district. In last 24 hours, the virus claimed two lives, one each
from ICT and Rawalpindi. Data collected by “The News” on Friday reveals that a
total of 266 patients have already died of the disease in the federal capital
and 357 from Rawalpindi district. It is important that the death toll does not
include deaths of patients who were not residents of the twin cities. Confirmation
of 441 new cases from the federal capital in last 24 hours took tally to
25,719. To date; a total of 21,222 patients have recovered from the illness in
ICT while number of active cases of the disease was 4231 on Friday. From
Rawalpindi district, another 48 patients have been tested positive for COVID-19
taking tally to 8,130 of which 6983 have recovered while number of active cases
in the district has reached 790 on Friday that had dropped down to below 80 in
September. At present; 60 patients are hospitalized in the district while the
number of confirmed patients in home isolation is 730; said Executive District
Officer (Health) Rawalpindi Dr. Sohail Ahmed Chaudhary while talking to “The
News”.
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