ISLAMABAD: Positive cases of Covid-19 still emerge within the country as 3,772 new cases and 80 deaths were reported on Monday. the amount of deaths caused by the virus within the country crossed the 25,000 mark.
Moreover, 46,456,077 doses of Covid-19 vaccine are administered across the country.
Data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) showed that the amount of deaths has swell to 25,003 — 11,557 deaths in Punjab, 6,612 in Sindh, 4,797 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 852 in Islamabad, 680 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 335 in Balochistan and 170 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Talking to Dawn, Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Secretary General Dr Qaiser Sajjad said that as many as 220 doctors had died thanks to Covid-19 across the country, with 77 deaths recorded in Sindh.
Over 500 deaths reported in one week
He said Dr Mahnoor Farzand, who was eight-month pregnant and non-vaccinated, became the newest health care provider victim of the Covid-19 pandemic. He said that unfortunately an outsized number of doctors died since the emergence of Delta variant.
The NCOC data further showed that 25,505 people were infected with the virus and 525 died in last one week.
While 486 ventilators were in use across the country, 69pc vents were occupied in Multan, 66pc in Bahawalpur, 41pc in Peshawar and 40pc in Islamabad.
Data regarding beds with oxygen showed that 72pc such beds were in use in Abbottabad, 65pc in Swabi and over 50pc each in Gujranwala and Peshawar.
The number of active cases was 89,919 as of August 23 and therefore the national positivity was 7pc. a complete of 1,127,584 cases are reported since the start of the pandemic and 1,012,662 people have recovered.
Moreover, 5,899 patients were hospitalised on Monday.
An official of the Ministry of National Health Services, requesting to not be named, said the amount of cases, which was around 5,000 on August 11, dropped to about 4,000.
“However, I fear that the amount of cases can again start increasing. We appreciate the choice of the Sindh government that only the youngsters of vaccinated people are going to be allowed in schools. Opening of faculties with such a direction may increase the amount of cases, but it’ll defiantly reduce the amount of hospitalised patients as vaccinated people usually have mild symptoms,” the official said.
