96 Covid-19 cases reported in a day

LAHORE:

Punjab reported as many as 96 fresh infections of the coronavirus disease on Sunday. According to a spokesperson for Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), no death due to Covid-19 was reported in the province in the last 24 hours while the number of virus cases in the province exceeded 98,360 after registration of the new cases. The total number of deaths recorded so far were 2,226 altogether. The P&SHD spokesperson confirmed that 30 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Lahore, one in Sheikhupura, 15 in Rawalpindi, one in Attock, 15 in Gujranwala, five in Sialkot, three in Multan, seven in Faisalabad, two in Toba Tek Singh, two in Chiniot, one in Sargodha, one in Jhang, one in Khushab, one in Rahim Yar Khan, six in Bahawalpur, one in Dera Ghazi Khan, one in Khanewal, one in Sahiwal and one new virus case in Okara district during the last 24 hours. The health department has conducted 1,139,723 tests for Covid-19 so far, while 94,773 confirmed patients have recovered altogether in the province

Published in The Express Tribune, Septe0mber 21^st, 2020.