10 more die of Covid-19 across K-P
The main hospital in Peshawar is already feeling the heat of the situation
A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a swab sample from a man amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at a testing center in New Delhi, India October 29, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
PESHAWAR:
Ten more people lost their lives to the deadly Covid-19 in the province within the past 24 hours, pushing the total number of deaths in the province to 1,627.
236 new cases have surfaced in the province whereas 762 patients recovered lately.
As per the Health Department, one patient each in Swabi and Malakand, two in Manshera and three patients in Kohat lost their lives.
12 more die of corona in KP
Peshawar
December 16, 2020
PESHAWAR: At least 12 more people died of coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest number of people died of the infectious disease in the second wave in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
With the fresh deaths, the death toll from the viral infection jumped to 1489.
Also, 466 more people diagnosed with the viral infection in the province, bringing the total number of positive cases to 53,253 in the provinces.
Of 12 fatalities, six were reported from Peshawar alone. In Peshawar, the coronavirus has claimed 722 lives so far, the highest number of people died of Covid-19 in a single district.
Three people died in Abbottabad and one each in Mardan, Haripur and Dera Ismail Khan.