Covid-19 claims three move lives in Punjab
The government has imposed a ‘smart lockdown’ till August 5 as a strategy to prevent Covid-19 resurge in the province. PHOTO: RIZWAN ANWAR/EXPRESS
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed three more lives in the province while 283 fresh infections were reported during the last 24 hours.
A spokesperson for Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) said on Monday that the total number of coronavirus cases had exceeded 104,550 in the province.
The death toll reached 2,365 while the number of those recovering from the rebounding contagion stood at 97,471.
The P&SHD confirmed that 116 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the provincial capital, one in Kasur, 37 in Rawalpindi, two in Gujranwala, two in Hafizabad, seven in Faisalabad, 31 in Multan, 10 in Sargodha, 33 in Bahawalpur, seven in Toba Tek Singh, two in Bhakkar, three in Khanewal and five in Vehari.
Moreover, two virus cases were reported in Sialkot, one in Nankana Sahib, one in Rahim Yar Khan, five in Muzaffargarh, two in Sahiwal, one in Khushab and five in Attock district during the last 24 hours.
The Punjab Health Department had so far conducted 1,602,262 tests for Covid-19 in the province.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2020.