ISLAMABAD – The national tally of Covid-19 active cases on Saturday was recorded 23,090 with 231 more people testing positive for the deadly virus and 460 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours.
Eleven corona patients have died during the last 24 hours, 10 of the deceased were under treatment in different hospitals and one of them died in their respective quarantines or home, according to the latest update issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
Out of the total 11 deceased four of them perished on ventilators. Most of the deaths occurred in Punjab followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
There were 1,119 Covid-19 infected patients under treatment in critical condition in various Covid dedicated healthcare facilities of the country. The national covid positivity ratio during the past 24 hours was recorded at 0.68 percent.
The maximum ventilators were occupied in four major cities including Islamabad 12 percent, Peshawar 19 percent, Lahore 10 percent, and Multan 30 percent.
The maximum Oxygen beds (alternate oxygen providing facility other than ventilator administered as per the medical requirement of Covid patient) were also occupied in four major cities of Swabi 21 percent, Lahore 14 percent, Sargodha 30 percent, and Multan 43 percent. Around 122 ventilators were occupied elsewhere in the country while no Covid affected person was on a ventilator in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Balochistan, and Gilgit Baltistan (GB).
