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hospitals in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces have been under stress due
to soaring cases of Covid-19. According to a report 95 percent ventilators have
been occupied with coronavirus patients in Mardan. Occupancy of ventilators by
corona patients in Gujranwala has reached to 88 percent; while 85 pct
oxygenated beds of total capacity have also been filled. In Multan 85 percent
and in Lahore 82 pct ventilators have been filled with the coronavirus
patients. Moreover; in Peshawar 72 pct; Nowshera 68 pct and Swat 65 pct oxygen
beds occupied by the coronavirus patients. Punjab witnessed its worst pandemic
day with 104 more Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours; the highest since the
outbreak of the pandemic last year in February. According to Punjab’s Primary
and Secondary Healthcare Department, as many as 3,228 new infections of the
novel coronavirus were reported across the province in the last 24 hours. The
novel coronavirus has claimed 137 more lives in Pakistan during the last 24 hours;
taking the overall death toll to 16,453. According to the National Command and
Operation Centre (NCOC) on Covid-19; the country reported 137 more deaths due
to the pandemic; while 5,445 new cases were reported during the said period. The
national tally of confirmed cases climbed to 766,882 as 5,445 new infections
surfaced during the past 24 hours. The total number of people recuperating from
the disease stands at 667,131; while 4,494 patients are critically ill due to
COVID and are currently under treatment at the country’s various hospitals.
by mhmaamay mhmamay
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