The Covid-19 positivity level in Mardan came down to 14 per cent from 23.3 per cent in a day. — AFP/File
PESHAWAR: Though Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded 36 deaths from coronavirus on Thursday, the Covid-19 positivity level in Mardan came down to 14 per cent from 23.3 per cent in a day.
On average, 35 people were killed by the virus and 1,000 people were infected with it in the province daily during the last one month, officials told Dawn.
They said half of Covid-19 beds in thedistrict headquarters hospitaland Mardan Medical Complex were unoccupied, whereas 18 ventilators and 368 oxygen cylinders were unused which could be offered to patients if the need emerged.