Vaccination resumes after Eid holidays
Islamabad
May 16, 2021
Rawalpindi : The District Health Authority in Rawalpindi on Saturday restarted its vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus at 24 vaccination centres of the district after the Eid holidays.
District Health Coordinator for Coronavirus management Dr Jawad Zahid told APP that around 5,000 vaccine doses were administered to the people on May 15, raising the total district tally of coronavirus vaccination to 179,084. He said that 19,200 health workers while 159,884 people including senior citizens have been administered the vaccine so far.
Sharing details, of the COVID-19 situation in the district, he informed that only 16 more positive cases were reported during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 25,155 in the district while 23,256 patients were discharged after recovery.
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ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI/ABBOTTABAD:
Six more died of Covid-19 while 55 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in 24 hours on Wednesday, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 25,041 in the Rawalpindi district while six more lost their battle against the deadly virus.
The District Health Authority (DHA) informed that among the new cases, 12 were reported from Rawal Town, 18 from Potohar, 11 from Rawalpindi Cantt, three from Taxila two from Murree, four from Gujar Khan, two from Islamabad and one each from Kahuta, Kallar Syedan, and Kotli Sattian.