1,227 new Covid cases in Lahore

LAHORE: Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch Monday said that during the last 24 hours, 2,107 new cases of coronavirus were reported across the province.

In a press statement issued here, he explained that 1,227 positive cases were reported in Lahore, 200 in Rawalpindi, 126 in Dera Ghazi Khan, 107 in Faisalabad, 75 in Multan, 73 in Bahawalpur, 57 in Sialkot, 48 in Rahim Yar Khan, 45 in Gujranwala, 38 in Hafizabad, 33 in Sargodha, 27 in Sheikhupura, 13 in Sahiwal, 12 each in Khushab and Gujrat, 11 in Nankana Sahib, 10 each in Jhang and Vihari, nine each in Narowal and Jhelum, eight in Kasur, six in Okara, five each in Pakpattan and Mandi Bahauddin, four each in Toba Tek Singh, Khanewal, Bahawalnagar and Attock.

Nine deaths were reported in the province including three each in Lahore and Rawalpindi, one each in Bahawalpur, Faisalabad and Gujranwala, pushing the toll to 13,157.He said that so far, the total number of cases had reached 478,573, besides 436,296 patients have fully recovered in the province, total number of active cases are 29,120 to date.