3,858 health contracted coronavirus, 36 lost their lives: NEOC
About 3,110 were on duty elsewhere whereas 748 of them were working in intensive care centres
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ISLAMABAD:
Approximately 3,858 health workers have contracted the coronavirus across the country of which 36 have lost their lives since it first broke out in Pakistan.
According to the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC), among the affected were 2,327 doctors, 476 nurses and 1,055 other medical staff. About 3,110 were on duty elsewhere whereas 748 of them were working in intensive care centres.
According to the official data, 1,456 health care workers had recovered from Covid-19 while 2,100 of them had been quarantined at home and other places. About 266 are under treatment at various hospitals in which 263 health workers are in good health while three are in critical condition and are on ventilators.
Fourteen among the 36 health care workers who lost their lives hailed from Sindh, seven from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six from Punjab, five from Balochistan and two each from Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad.
Approximately 3,858 health workers have contracted the coronavirus across the country of which 36 have lost their lives since it first broke out in Pakistan.
According to the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC), among the affected were 2,327 doctors, 476 nurses and 1,055 other medical staff. About 3,110 were on duty elsewhere whereas 748 of them were working in intensive care centres.
According to the official data, 1,456 health care workers had recovered from Covid-19 while 2,100 of them had been quarantined at home and other places. About 266 are under treatment at various hospitals in which 263 health workers are in good health while three are in critical condition and are on ventilators.
Fourteen among the 36 health care workers who lost their lives hailed from Sindh, seven from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six from Punjab, five from Balochistan and two each from Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad.