257 more covid positive cases surface in Pindi

Commissioner says no negligence will be tolerated in following the SOPs

RAWALPINDI:

Rawalpindi Commissioner Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah said no negligence would be tolerated in following the standard operating procedures (SOPs) aimed at controlling the fourth deadly wave of coronavirus pandemic.

Talking to the media, he said the delta variant was more transmissible and badly affected the human’s respiratory system. The commissioner asked the residents to get themselves vaccinated at the earliest to avoid the further spread of this deadly disease.

According to the data shared by the District Corona Management Centre, around 257 people had become victims of the COVID-19 virus on Friday in the district with 58 belonged to Rawal Town, 58 from Potohar Town, 65 from Rawalpindi Cantt, 20 from Gujar Khan,10 from Kahutta,17 from Kotli Sattian,13 from Taxila, six from Murree, three each from Kallar Syeda and Chakwal, two from the Azad Jammu and Kashmir and one each from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad.

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Presently, 179 coronavirus confirmed patients were admitted to various facilities of the city including twenty-eight were admitted to the Holy Family Hospital, 26 to Benazir Bhutto Hospital, 66 to Institute of Urology, 44 to Fauji Foundation Hospital, four each in District Headquarters Hospital and Begum Akhtar Memorial Trust, two each at Bilal and Hearts International hospital and three in Attock hospital.

The report said six patients were on ventilators in critical condition, 65 stable and 108 in moderate condition. The District Health Authority said so far 1,470,378 people had jabbed themselves against the COVID-19 across the district.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 7^th, 2021.