Ag APP
ISLAMABAD: Punjab province saw the majority of single-day coronavirus deaths on Saturday more than half of the total 71 fatalities as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s doctors’ association lamented frontline workers have yet to see the government’s promised martyrs’ package after another doctor fell to the virus.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), in a 24-hour period, out of the 71 fatalities, 66 of the victims were hospitalised, 50 of whom died on ventilators. Of the single-day deaths, Punjab leads with 36, followed by Sindh’s 23, Khyber Pakthunkhwa’s five, Islamabad’s five and Azad Jammu and Kashmir two. With the recent deaths, Pakistan’s death toll now stands at 8,724.