Coordinated efforts against the novel coronavirus are bearing fruit as Lahore has witnessed a 60 per cent drop in Covid-19 cases during the last one week.
According to a report issued by the Punjab Health Department, around 4,000 samples were being tested at eight government laboratories in the city against which around 200 people were being diagnosed with Covid-19 daily during the past week. In June, over 1,000 people were being tested positive for Covid-19 daily in the city, read the report. Usman said that the laboratories were conducting tests as per routine in the city, adding that the number of Covid-19 cases dropped by 50 per cent in the city.–Staff Reporter