As many as 22 more patients have tested positive for coronavirus during the last 24 hours in the Rawalpindi district, with nine belonging to the Rawalpindi Cantonment, five cases reported from Potohar Town, four from Rawal Town, two from Gujjar Khan and one case each arrived from Kallar Syedan, Kahuta and Murree.
According to the daily situation report issued by the District Coronavirus Management centre on Sunday, 28 confirmed patients were admitted to three health facilities, including 16 in the Institute of Urology, eight in the Fauji Foundation Hospital and four in the Benazir Bhutto Hospital.
The report stated that one patient was on a ventilator in critical condition, seven were stable and 20 were on double oxygen support.
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Around 4,561,033 people, including 44,640 health workers, have so far been vaccinated against the virus.
The District Health Authority conveyed that during the last 24 hours, 1,308 samples were collected, out of which 1,286 were declared negative, while the positivity rate was recorded at 1.68 per cent.
Meanwhile, Commissioner Rawalpindi Noorul Amin Mengal urged the residents to inoculate themselves as vaccination was the only solution for protection against the contagious virus. He further said that free of cost vaccination was being provided to residents at their doorstep.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 28th, 2022.
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