According to the official figures released by the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education (SHME) Department Secretary Barrister Nabeel Ahmed Awan, most of the beds reserved for Covid-19 patients in the teaching hospitals and isolation wards are still unoccupied.

As per the latest data released by the SHME secretary, from the 46 teaching hospitals of Punjab, 4,884 patients have recovered and returned to their homes.

In all public teaching hospitals of Punjab, 4,168 beds are unoccupied out of 6,305 reserved for the Covid-19 patients. Similarly, in isolation wards of the teaching hospitals of Punjab, 3,329 beds are available out of 4,586 reserved for the coronavirus patients.

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