ATTOCK, DEC 21 (DNA) – After four new positive cases of coronavirus surfaced in
district Attock during last 24 hours, the total number of the cases
tested positive across the state reached to 970 on Monday, it was
officially said.
According to health authorities, with the advent of winter and
non-observance of standard operating procedures (SOPs), the number of
Covid-19 patients had increased in Attock city and other towns of the
district especially Hazro.
Chief executive District health authority, Dr Jawad Ellahi among the
newly detected patients as many as Three belongs to Attock city and
one in Hazro. He informed that the number of active patients in the
district is 167 in which 153 are home isolated and all are
asymptomatic while 3 others are under treatment in district.
He said that as many as three suspected patients are also admitted in
the district headquarters hospital in which two are critical while two
others stable. He informed that number of suspected patients in the
district raised to 20,656 while screening of as many as 24,107 persons
is carried out across the district in which 19, 104 were tested
negative. Responding another question, he said that result of as many
as 582 patients is awaited so far across the district. He said that so
far 789 patients are recovered from this deadly disease. DNA
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