ISLAMABAD: Bhara Kahu and Bahria Town reported the most cases of Covid-19 on Sunday as 131 people contracted the virus in the capital with the positivity ratio recorded at 2.3pc.

Rawalpindi, on the other hand, reported one casualty and 32 new patients.

According to data available with Dawn, 5,477 tests were conducted on Saturday out of which results of 74 males and 57 females came back positive.

As many as 11 cases each were reported from Bhara Kahu and Bahria Town, 10 cases each from F-6, G-6, G-7, G-8, H-8, H-13 and I-11, eight people tested positive in F-11, seven each in I-8, G-10, G-11 and G-13 and six cases each were detected in F-10, Chak Shahzad and DHA-II.

According to District Health Officer Dr Zaeem Zia, the number of cases had reduced due to tracking, testing and quarantine (TTQ) policy.

In April 2020, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar had announced implementation of the TTQ policy, claiming that it was being used to trace contacts of confirmed patients.Meanwhile, one person succumbed to the virus and 32 got infected in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

Tayyaba Nasir, 63, a resident of Committee Chowk, was brought to Rawalpindi Institute of Urology (RIU) on Jan 16 where she died on Sunday morning.

At present, the district has 410 active patients with 80 being treated in hospitals and 330 isolated at home. As many as 457 patients are waiting for their Covid-19 serology results for the last five days.

A total of 80 patients from Rawalpindi district are admitted to hospitals out of whom 16 are in Benazir Bhutto Hospital, eight in Fauji Foundation Hospital, 20 in Holy Family Hospital, two in Red Crescent Hospital, one in Begum Akhtar Rukhsana Memorial Trust Hospital and five in Hearts International Hospital. As many as 28 patients were under treatment in RIU.

Commissioner retired Capt Mohammad Mehmood told Dawn that seven patients were in critical condition and required ventilators, 32 needed oxygen and 41 were in stable condition.

He said 16,280 people had so far tested positive with 13,359 in Rawalpindi, 1,148 in Attock, 1,192 in Jhelum and 581 in Chakwal.

He said 14,942 patients had been discharged from hospitals after recovering in the four districts and 695 lost their lives.

Published in Dawn, January 18th, 2021