Despite rumors that the University is planning to eliminate the COS B.S.E. degree, officials in the department and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences say they are false.
Islamabad
May 5, 2021
Rawalpindi : The number of patients being tested positive for coronavirus illness, COVID-19 from Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi district is on a decline for the last one-and-a-half weeks or so however, according to senior officials at the health departments, it is too early to assume that the outbreak is losing intensity in terms of morbidity and mortality.
In the last 24 hours, another 392 patients have been confirmed positive for the illness from the region taking the tally to 98,882 while the virus claimed another four lives from the region taking the death toll to 1,593. It is, however, encouraging that another 18,159 individuals including healthcare workers have been vaccinated against COVID-19 from the region taking the total number of persons so far vaccinated from the twin cities to 273,378.
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Positivity rate from ICT on the rise
Islamabad
B Muhammad Qasim
Rawalpindi : Another confirmed patient of coronavirus illness, COVID-19 from Rawalpindi district died of the disease in the last 24 hours though the virus did not claim any life from Islamabad Capital Territory in the last three days however the positivity rate of the illness in ICT has been on the rise for the last 10 days.
The positivity rate of COVID-19 in ICT was recorded as 1.4 per cent on February 8 that jumped to 3.12 per cent on Tuesday and recorded as 2.26 per cent on Wednesday. The daily positivity percentage and cases in Islamabad have been on the rise though the health department is working hard to control spread of the virus, said District Health Officer ICT Dr. Muhammad Zaeem Zia.