Two more die of corona, 85 new cases reported

Rawalpindi : COVID-19 has claimed another two lives from Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi district in the last 24 hours taking the death toll from the region to 1754 while 85 new patients have been diagnosed with the infection taking tally from the twin cities to 106,537.

According to In-charge District COVID-19 Cell Rawalpindi Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Jawad Zahid, the positivity rate of COVID-19 from Rawalpindi has turned out to be 2.45 per cent in the last 24 hours that was 3.22 per cent on Thursday.

He added that in the last 24 hours, another 11718 individuals have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the district taking total number of persons so far vaccinated in the district to 489,276 including 460,806 citizens and 28,470 healthcare workers.

Data collected by ‘The News’ reveals that one patient died of the illness from Rawalpindi district taking the death toll to 985 while one death due to coronavirus illness from ICT took the death toll from the federal capital to 769 on Friday.

As many as 17 new patients have been reported from Rawalpindi district in the last 24 hours taking tally from the district to 24,536 of which 23,267 patients have recovered. The number of active cases of the disease from Rawalpindi district was 284 on Friday of which 21 confirmed patients were undergoing treatment at different healthcare facilities in town while 263 patients were in home isolation.

In the last 24 hours, confirmation of another 68 patients positive from ICT has taken tally to 82,001 of which 78,942 confirmed patients have recovered. The number of active cases of the disease from the federal capital was recorded as 2,290 on Friday after recovery of 464 patients in the last 24 hours.