LAHORE: Punjab has reported 167 new Covid-19 cases and eight deaths over the past 24 hours on Thursday.

The infection tally in the province has risen to 347,347 and the death toll has climbed to 10,798. As many as 328,401 patients have fully recovered across the province while the number of active cases is 8,148.

During the previous 24 hours, one death was reported in Lahore while seven more deaths were reported in other parts of the province, bringing the total number of deaths to 10,798.

As many as 17,180 test samples were taken while a total of 5,775,478 tests have been done so far.

Sixty cases were reported in Lahore, 56 in Rawalpindi, 14 in Multan, 10 in Faisalabad, three in Chakwal and Rahim Yar Khan each.

Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang, Kasur, Khushab, Sargodha and Sialkot reported two positive cases each while one case each was reported Bahawalnagar, Gujranwala, Gujarat, Khanewal, Okara, Vehari and Toba Tek Singh.

The average positivity ratio of the Covid-19 was 1.0 in all the cities across the province.

Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2021