LAHORE/ KARACHI: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan rose to 2,245 on Wednesday after new infections were confirmed in the country, while the death toll stands at 30.
Punjab is the most affected province with 845 cases, followed by Sindh with 709 cases, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 276 cases, Gilgit-Baltistan with 184 cases, Balochistan 164 cases, Islamabad Capital Territory 58 cases and Azad Jammu and Kashmir nine cases, Geo News reported.
So far, 30 deaths have been reported from the disease in Pakistan. Punjab reported 10 deaths, Sindh reported nine deaths, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported eight, Gilgit-Baltistan reported two deaths, while Balochistan has so far reported one death.
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has reported that the province has a total of 845 cases now. As many as 80 new patients of Covid-9 have been confirmed in the Raiwind area alone -- the highest tally of 137 new patients recorded in a single day --- along with two deaths in Punjab, here on Wednesday.The number of cases in Raiwind jumped to 107 on Wednesday from Tuesday’s 27, as the victims are believed to be among the participants in the annual Tableeghi moot, now quarantined in Raiwind, following a spike in the cases in Punjab.
The virus death toll has reached the double figure in Punjab with two more fatalities on Wednesday. Two more patients died in Punjab, including a 35-year-old woman, Asma Imran, in Lahore’s Mayo Hospital and Karam Dad, 83, succumbed to the virus in Benazir Bhutto Hospital in Rawalpindi, which brought the total number of fatalities to 11 in Punjab.
The female patient in the Mayo was carrying co-morbidity of liver cirrhosis, while the elderly man had recently returned from England. Of 11 fatalities in Punjab, five deaths occurred in Lahore, four in Rawalpindi and one each in Faisalabad and Rahim Yar Khan. As many as five patients have recovered from the disease so far.
One nurse performing duty at the Isolation Ward of Mayo Hospital was among seven new cases in Lahore. As per Corona Monitoring Room at Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, a total of 309 corona patients, who were amongst pilgrims recently returned from Iran, are under treatment at quarantine facilities, including 213 in Dera Ghazi Khan, 91 in Multan and five in Faisalabad, while 107 confirmed patients, who belong to Tableeghi moot, were quarantined in Raiwind.
As many as 178 patients were under treatment in Lahore, 90 in Gujrat, 51 in Rawalpindi, 28 in Jhelum, 13 each in the Nankana Sahib and Gujranwala, 10 in Sargodha, nine in Faisalabad, five each in DG Khan and Hafizabad, four in Mandi Bahauddin, three each in Mianwali, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan, two each in Multan, Vehari, Lodhran and Narowal and one each in Attock, Bahawalpur, Sialkot, Kasur, Layyah and Khushab.
According to a P&SH spokesperson, as many as 16,061 suspected patients had been tested in Punjab so far. He said that all patients were getting treatment at Isolation Wards, while serious patients have been shifted to High Dependency Units (HDUs). He urged people to stay indoors, frequently wash hands, use hand sanitizer, observe social distancing and take precautionary measures while attending sick family members.
Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said that the fatalities are few in number, saying each life was precious. She said protection is the best way to avoid the disease. “It's a new virus, so do not trust myths and trials for treatment and precaution,” she added.
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