Staff Reporter
Covid-19 continued to take its toll on health workers in the country as 68 more of them tested positive for the virus in past 24-hours on Sunday.
According to a report prepared by the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad and conveyed to the Ministry of National Health Services showed that 40 doctors, six nurses and 22 paramedics have been infected in past 24 hours.
The overall health workers affected by the virus have reached to 4,855, the report said.
Highlighting the number of health professionals affected by the virus infection, it reported that 2950 doctors have so far tested positive for Covid-19, followed by 583 nurses and 1322 other health workers.
“Currently, 2478 health workers are quarantined at their homes, while 307 are receiving treatment at hospitals across the country and of them 302 are said to be in a stable condition,” the report showed.
The report detailed that 2022 coronavirus-positive healthcare workers have recovered. On the other hand, 48 healthcare workers have so far died of the infection.
Giving a province-wise division of fatalities, it showed that Sindh remains worst affected as 18 medics have so far lost their lives in the province.
