11 more succumb to coronavirus

Covid-19 claimed another 11 lives whereas 466 new cases were reported on Sunday in Punjab.

The death toll in the province rose to 5,037.

According to data shared by a spokesperson for the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), the number of coronavirus cases in the province reached 163,833.

The P&SHD confirmed that 220 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Lahore, two in Kasur, one in Sheikhupura, six in Nankana Sahib, 21 in Rawalpindi, one in Jhelum, five in Gujranwala, two in Hafizabad, four in Sialkot, one in Narowal, three in Gujrat, 49 in Faisalabad,15 in Toba Tek Singh, three in Chiniot, seven in Jhang, 25 each in Sargodha and Khushab, three in Bhakkar, six in Multan, one in Vehari, four in Dera Ghazi Khan, one in Rajanpur, two in Bahawalpur, one in Bahawalnagar, 16 in Rahim Yar Khan, 37 in Okara, one in Pakpattan and four new cases in Sahiwal district during the last 24 hours.

The department has conducted 3,102,322 tests for Covid-19 so far, while 151,551 confirmed patients have recovered in the province. The Punjab health department urged the people to follow SOPs for their protection and cover their faces with masks besides washing their hands with soap several times in a day to protect themselves from coronavirus.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 15^th, 2021.