ISLAMABAD: Six people died of Covid-19 in Islamabad and Rawalpindi districts on Tuesday whereas 228 people were diagnosed with the virus during the last 24 hours. Four deceased in Rawalpindi district were identified as: Nisar Ahmed, 55, resident of Dhoke Karma Bad, Akhter Bibi, 60, resident of Murree, Naik Bakht, 70, resident of Amarpura, and Razia Begum, 75, resident of Satellite Town.

Officials of the capital administration said deaths of two male patients (70-89) were reported from I-8 and Sohan.

During the last 24 hours, they said, 5,088 tests were conducted in the capital which detected the virus in 165 people with 3.2pc positivity rate.

They said 35 cases were reported in the age group of 20-29, followed by 33 in 30-39, 22 in 40-49, 17 in 10-19, 16 in 50-59, 14 in 60-69, 13 in 70-79, 11 in 0-9 and four in 80 and above.

Likewise, 11 cases were reported from Lohi Bher, followed by seven from F-11, six from G-13, five from F-10, four each from Rawat, I-8, I-10, and I-9, three each from E-11, F-8 and G-15, two each from G-10, G-6 and G-8 and one each from G-5, F-7, G-9, Tarlai, Koral, Sohan, G-7, G-13, Rawal Town, and D-10.

The capital has 3,240 active cases currently, the officials said, adding out of the total 92 are admitted in different hospitals, 81 are on oxygen support and eight are on ventilators.

Furthermore, 1,587 samples were sent for testing collected in Rawalpindi district out of which 1,461 were declared negative and positivity rate was 3.9pc.

There are currently 775 patients in the district. As many as 77 patients are in hospitals whereas 698 are home isolated.

As many as 16 patients emerged from different parts of Rawalpindi and Chaklala Cantonment, 16 from city areas and 11 from Potohar Town.

Two patients were reported from Gujar Khan, seven from Taxila, one patient each from Kahuta and Kallar Syedan and two from Murree. Two patients arrived in the district from Islamabad and one patient arrived from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Jhelum and Attock respectively.

There are 77 patients admitted in different hospitals of Rawalpindi city including four each at Benazir Bhutto Hospital and six at HFH, 28 at Fauji Foundation Hospital and 38 patients at RIU and one at Hearts International Hospital.

There are two patients on ventilators in Rawalpindi, 49 patients are on oxygen support and 26 are stable.

Published in Dawn, February 16th, 2022