Two health workers among 137 daily Covid deaths Top Story Ag APP PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: Covid-19 has claimed the lives of a doctor and nurse as Pakistan registered 137 more virus-related fatalities and 5,445 infections in the 24 hours leading to Tuesday amid a third wave surge. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Provincial Doctors Association identified the two healthcare workers as Dr Khair Mohammad Burki and nurse Nazia Sahiba. Dr Burki was in intensive care at a private hospital in Peshawar Hospital for several days before losing his life late Monday. Sahiba, a senior nursing officer of the Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar, was on ventilator as well. After their deaths, the death toll of healthcare workers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rose to 61. A total of 151 have died across Pakistan since the pandemic began.