Peshawar
December 18, 2020
NOWSHERA: The number of fatalities hit the 59 mark as two more Covid-19 patients died in the district on Thursday.
Another 13 persons also tested positive for the coronavirus that took the number of patients suffering from the viral infection to 1,500, officials said.
Briefing the media, Deputy Commissioner Mir Raza Ozgan, District Health Officer Dr Gulman Shah and Dr Yaseen Khan said that the number of coronavirus-infected patients were increasing with the passage of time as people were ignoring the standard operating procedures (SOPs) against the viral infection.
They said that the coronavirus infected two patients identified as Zaitun Bibi, 55, a resident of Jehangira, and another patient Saeeda Bibi, a resident of Hassankhel village in Pabbi Town, lost lives while struggling for life.
NOWSHERA: The district administration has imposed smart lockdown at 28 places, including six government high schools, in Nowshera due to spike in Covid-19 cases, urging the people to follow the standard operating procedures to contain the spread of virus.
Official sources said total 13,597 patients had been tested of which 1,467 turned out to be positive for Covid-19. They confirmed that so far 52 affected people had died in the district and 1,229 patients recovered.
The results of 402 tests are expected in the next few days while the number of active cases had reached 186 in Nowshera.
Deputy commissioner Mir Raza Ozgen has imposed smart lockdown at 28 places, including six high schools in Pabbi, Jehangira and Nowshera tehsils.