Five more fall prey to Covid-19

District Health Authority Rawalpindi reports 47,787 confirmed cases


APP March 19, 2023

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RAWALPINDI:

Five more people were diagnosed with the fatal coronavirus disease during the last 24 hours, raising the confirmed cases in Rawalpindi and surrounding areas to 47,787.

As per the latest data released by the District Health Authority on Saturday, the infected cases included 44,135 from Rawalpindi and 3,652 from other districts. Among the new cases, two cases had arrived from Potohar town and three from Islamabad.

“Presently, 12 confirmed patients are quarantined at homes while no one at any district health facility,” the report added.

The report further said that 7,006,011 people, including 44,790 health workers, had jabbed themselves against the lethal COVID-19 across the district since the vaccination administering drive launched on March 10, 2021. In addition, District Health Authority updated that during the last 24 hours, 306 samples were collected, out of which 301 were declared negative, while the positivity rate was recorded at 1.63 per cent.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 19th, 2023.

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