By our correspondent
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%).
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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%),
By Our correspondent
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%).
Karachi
April 4, 2021
The Sindh home department, on the directives of the provincial government, has issued an order to various departments to strictly implement the recently announced standard operating procedures (SOPs) to check the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The letter was moved to the Sindh IGP, the commissioners throughout the province, the additional IG of the national highways and other relevant departments.
The order was issued with a subject head, “Strict implementation of SOPs for the prevention of Covid-19 pandemic disease in the province”. It said, “In pursuance of the order dated March 31st, 2021, issued by the additional chief secretary (Home) department, government of Sindh, for the prevention of general public from the pandemic disease Covid-19 in all sectors, including intercity public transport mentioned at serial (k) which is reproduced below, ‘Intercity Public Transport to Operate at 50% of capacity with strict SOPs complice’.
Sindh announces new restrictions for intercity transport
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The Sindh government has decided to operate intercity public transport at 50% capacity, a notification by the Sindh Transport and Mass Transit Department stated.
The decision was taken to prevent the spread of the UK variant in Sindh.
Under the new orders, all passengers and inter and intra-city transporters have been directed to ensure strict coronavirus SOPs implementations inside vehicles and at bus stands as well.