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April 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The surging coronavirus once against dealt a death blow claiming as many as 105 more lives, as the number of active cases nationwide mounted to 69,811 with 5,312 more testing positive within 24 hours, and the lucky 2,390 also recovered in the same period.
Ninety-eight of the people who died in the past 24 hours were under treatment in hospitals, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
Most of these deaths occurred in Punjab, 58, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 34, Islamabad, 6, AJK,5, Sindh, 1, Balochistan, 1, with 33 dying on ventilators. The maximum number of ventilators were occupied in Multan (81%), Bahawalpur (68%), Gujranwala (88%) and Lahore (79%).Around 509 ventilators were occupied elsewhere in the country, while no COVID-19 affected person was on ventilator in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Balochistan. The maximum number of Oxygen beds (alternate oxygen providing facility) were occupied in Rawalpindi (64%),
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ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: As many as 105 more people lost their battle against coronavirus as the national tally of active cases reached 69,811 with 5,312 more testing positive and 2,390 recovering in the last 24 hours.
Ninety-eight of the people who died in the past 24 hours were under treatment in hospitals, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
Most of these deaths occurred in Punjab followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 33 dying on ventilators during treatment.
The maximum number of ventilators were occupied in Multan (81%), Bahawalpur (68%), Gujranwala (88%) and Lahore (79%).
The maximum number of Oxygen beds (alternate oxygen providing facility other than ventilators administered as per medical requirement of COVID-19 patients) were occupied in Rawalpindi (64%), Gujranwala (85%), Peshawar (84%) and Gujrat (80%).