LAHORE: With two deaths, Punjab reported 74 new cases of the Covid-19 during the last 24 hours.

According to the official figures released by the health department, of the new cases, 37 were reported from Lahore, 14 from Gujranwala, five from Rawalpindi, four from Bahawalpur, three from Multan, two from Gujrat and others from Dera Ghazi Khan, Bhawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan, Lodhran, etc.

The total number of the positive cases in Punjab has reached 97,118 with 2,208 deaths. As many as 13 patients recovered completely during the last 24 hours in Punjab and the total number of the patients recovered so far reached 92,552.

Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2020

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