129 new Covid cases reported across Punjab

Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch on Monday said 129 new cases were reported in various parts of the province during the last 24 hours.

In a statement issued on Monday, he said that 100 positive cases were reported in Lahore, nine in Faisalabad, five in Rawalpindi, two each in Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Sargodha and Sahiwal. The secretary said total cases were recorded 503,893 while recoveries stood at 485,580. He said currently 4,776 patients were under treatment at different hospitals, adding that the Health Department conducted 15,118 tests for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours and 10.34 million tests had been conducted so far.

Baloch said the overall rate of Covid-19 incidence in the province was recorded as 0.9% during the last 24 hours, adding that in Lahore 1.8%, Rawalpindi 0.6%, Faisalabad 9.7% and Multan 0.3%.

About the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination drive, the P&SHD secretary said that people above 12 years of age should get themselves vaccinated immediately, adding that in such pandemic conditions, vaccination was the only and effective treatment against corona.

He said that corona virus vaccinations were available at all vaccination centres.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 15^th, 2022.