ISLAMABAD: As many as 42 people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Islamabad and Rawalpindi districts on Tuesday and one person succumbed to the disease. Positivity ratio in the capital was recorded at 0.6pc whereas it stood at 1.04pc in Rawalpindi district.

Officials of the capital administration said death toll from the virus reached 961 in the capital city. During the last 24 hours 4,999 tests were conducted in the capital, which detcted the virus in 30 patients, they said, adding the tally of Covid-19 cases in the capital reached 107,960 out of whom 106,632 recovered.

There are currently 367 active cases of the virus in Islamabad while seven people were discharged from hospitals after recovery during the last 24 hours in Rawalpindi district. A total of 961 samples were sent for tests which found the virus in 12 people.

There are 126 active patients in the district. As many as 24 are in hospitals including 13 patients who arrived from other districts and 102 patients are home isolated.

Most patients were brought from the garrison city as two arrived from Potohar Town and five arrived from city areas. Four patients arrived from Taxila and one from Kahuta.

Three patients were admitted at Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH), seven at Rawalpindi Institute of Urology (RIU), 12 at Fauji Foundation Hospital (FFH), one patient each at Bilal Hospital and Attock Hospital, Rawalpindi.

One patient is on a ventilator in Rawalpindi, 14 are on oxygen support and nine are stable. Furthermore, four patients were diagnosed with dengue fever in the district.

“With frost outside, dengue mosquitoes have entered into warm houses and there is a need to keep inside areas clean”, said a senior doctor from Holy Family Hospital.

According to the government’s data, three new patients arrived in Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) and one in Holy Family Hospital (HFH).

Two patients admitted in hospitals are also in critical condition. As many as 3,780 dengue patients have been reported in three government hospitals so far including 2,011 patients in Holy Family Hospital, 1198 in Benazir Bhutto Hospital and 571 in District Headquarters Hospital.

He said 19 dengue patients are currently admitted in three hospitals including 12 in Holy Family Hospital, five in Benazir Bhutto Hospital and two in District Headquarters Hospital.

Published in Dawn, December 8th, 2021