FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Deputy District Officer Health Dr. Asif Shehzad has said 52 people were tested positive for COVID-19 in the city during the last 24 hours.
Dr. Asif Shehzad while talking to media today he said that 446 coronavirus tests were conducted in public and private laboratories, out of these reports,52 were positive. He said 550 beds in the Allied Hospital and 85 in the DHQ Hospital had been reserved for coronavirus patients.
Dr. Asif said 60 patients, including 35 confirmed, were under treatment in the Allied Hospital while 29 patients, including eight confirmed, were under treatment at the DHQ Hospital.
He said total cases in Faisalabad reached 416 while 5,828 patients had been recovered. Pakistan has recorded fresh 2,829 COVID-19 cases and 75 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases now currently stands at 403,311
The total count of active cases increased up to 49,780. A total of 35,197 tests were conducted across the country in the past 24 hours which reported the new infection. The total number of patients recovered from the virus has reached 345,365 while 5,584,976 samples have been tested thus far.
The federal government has approved a grant of $150 million to procure the COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Special Assistant on Health Dr Fasial said.
He was addressing the media along with Information Minister Senator Shibli Faraz following the federal cabinet meeting held in Islamabad chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
