The Covid-19 pandemic claimed another 38 lives in the last 24 hours, whereas 522 new cases of coronavirus were reported on Tuesday across the province.
As per the data shared by a spokesperson for the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), the number of coronavirus cases in the province reached 136,699 while the total deaths were recorded at 3,959 altogether. The P&SHD confirmed that 290 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Lahore,3 in Kasur,2 in Sheikhupura, 11 in Nankana Sahib, 54 in Rawalpindi, three in Gujranwala, 2 in Mandi Bahauddin,12 in Sialkot, 13 in Gujrat, 31 in Faisalabad, 18 in Toba Tek Singh, 16 in Jhang,1 in Chiniot, four in Sargodha, four in Mianwali, two in Bhakkar, 13 in Multan, four in Lodharan, one in Vehari, four in Dera Ghazi Khan, 10 in Bahawalpur, five in Bahawalnagar, one in Rahim Yar Khan, eight in Rajanpur, four in Okara, three in Pakpattan and three new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Sahiwal district during the last 24 hours till filing of this news.
The Punjab health department conducted 2,411,538 tests for Covid-19 so far while 122,652 confirmed cases recovered altogether in the province. Services for coronavirus treatment were available in 244 hospitals across the province where 8,329 beds were reserved for Covid-19 patients.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2020.
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