RAWALPINDI: A person died due to Covid-19 in the district on Wednesday while as many as 11 people tested positive for the virus and 10 patients discharged from the hospitals after recovery.

Malzoom Bibi, 55, resident of Taxila, was brought to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Dec 7 where she died on Wednesday morning.

The positivity ratio of Covid-19 cases in the district was at 0.73 percent during last 24 hours.

In Rawalpindi district, there are 123 active patients --22 are in the hospitals including 11 patients from other districts and 101 patients are home isolated.

Four patients reported from the garrison city and three patients each arrived from Gujar Khan and Taxila while one patient arrived from Chakwal.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2021

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