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ISLAMABAD: Another doctor today (Sunday) succumbed to a deadly novel coronavirus in Islamabad after days of battling for his life on the ventilator.
According to details, Dr Umar Farooq, a senior pathologist was on the ventilator for the last few days and passed away today. He had tested positive for coronavirus on December 8, 2020.
He had been undergoing treatment for the virus at a private hospital in Islamabad. The deceased, Dr Umar Farooq was the former head of the Pathology department at the KRL Hospital in Islamabad.
Till now 154 doctors have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Pakistan, according to the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA). During the second wave which started from November, 45 doctors have lost their lives (16 in Punjab, 14 in Sindh, 13 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two in Azad Jammu and Kashmir).
Today (Sunday), at least 2,272 new infections of the coronavirus were reported across the country during the past 24 hours, pushing the national tally of infections to 486,634.
According to the latest update issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 53 more people died during this period, lifting the death toll from the highly contagious disease to 10,311.