199 new cases in twin cities

Rawalpindi : Coronavirus illness, COVID-19 has claimed no life from Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi district in the last 24 hours though the number of patients tested positive from the twin cities in a day, on Sunday is the highest after January 1 this year.

Data collected by ‘The News’ on Sunday reveals that as many as 199 new patients have been tested positive for the illness from the region in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 57,326. To date, a total of 1,129 patients have died of COVID-19 from the twin cities.

As many as 153 new patients have been reported from the federal capital in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 44,259 of which 41,995 have recovered while 496 have lost their lives due to the illness. After addition of 52 more active cases to the existing pool of active cases from ICT, the number has jumped to 1,768 on Sunday.

From Rawalpindi district, another 46 patients have been confirmed positive for the disease in the last 24 hours. To date, a total of 13,067 patients have been tested positive for COVID-19 from the district of which 12,126 patients have recovered from the illness while 633 have lost their lives due to the disease.

According to the district health office Rawalpindi, there were a total of 308 active cases of the illness from Rawalpindi of which 53 confirmed patients were admitted to the healthcare facilities in the district while 255 were in home isolation on Sunday.