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

Opinion

Editorial

Judiciary’s SOS
Updated 28 Mar, 2024

Judiciary’s SOS

The ball is now in CJP Isa’s court, and he will feel pressure to take action.
Data protection
28 Mar, 2024

Data protection

WHAT do we want? Data protection laws. When do we want them? Immediately. Without delay, if we are to prevent ...
Selling humans
28 Mar, 2024

Selling humans

HUMAN traders feed off economic distress; they peddle promises of a better life to the impoverished who, mired in...
New terror wave
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

New terror wave

The time has come for decisive government action against militancy.
Development costs
27 Mar, 2024

Development costs

A HEFTY escalation of 30pc in the cost of ongoing federal development schemes is one of the many decisions where the...
Aitchison controversy
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

Aitchison controversy

It is hoped that higher authorities realise that politics and nepotism have no place in schools.