Three more Covid-19 deaths reported

At least three more people died of the coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the number of fatalities in the province to 2,439. According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s House on the day, 289 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed between Wednesday and Thursday after 13,049 tests were conducted in the same duration. The cumulative tally of the province now stands at 131, 404. Of the reported cases, 101 patients recovered from the virus in the previous 24 hours. The provincial total of recovered coronavirus patients stands at 126, 704. According to the CM, there are currently 2,261 Covid-19 patients in the province, of whom 1,956 are in home isolation, six are quarantined at isolation centres, and 299 are admitted at different hospitals. The condition of 146 patients is stated to be critical with at least 14 on ventilators.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 11^th, 2020.