Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Pakistan confirmed 148 more deaths from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours as the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 3,903.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 4,044 fresh cases were detected, taking the national tally of the cases to 192,970.
4,044 new infections were detected after 21,835 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours. Thus far, more than 1.15 million tests have been conducted in the country. 107,760 COVID-19 patients are under treatment while 81,307 patients have so far recovered from the disease.
74,070 cases have been detected in Sindh so far, 71,191 in Punjab, 23,887 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 9,817 in Balochistan, 11,710 in Islamabad, 930 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and 1,365 in Gilgit Baltistan.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Thursday apprised that 189 oxygenated beds have recently been added in the hospitals of Islamabad including 117 oxygenated beds in PIMS (Total no of beds reached 192), 13 oxygenated beds in Polyclinic (total no of beds reached 27), 59 beds in CDA Hospital (total no of beds reached 83). PIMS and CDA hospitals are also provided additional 20 and 21 ventilators separately.
The NCOC meeting chaired by Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umer was briefed about the ramp up plan for enhancing hospital capacity to cater for contingency plans
The meeting was informed that 325 oxygenated beds would be provided to Rawalpindi hospitals within the next 10 days.
NCOC asked the provinces to share their proposals for establishing cattle markets for Eid-ul-Azha for devising a consensus on Eid-ul-Azha management.
