Seven more contract Covid-19 in Rawalpindi

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RAWALPINDI: As many as seven people tested positive for Covid-19 in the district on Sunday while nine patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery in the last 24 hours.

Officials said 1,441 samples were collected in the district and seven of them were found infected with the virus with the positivity ratio of 0.49pc.

There are 117 active patients - 22 in hospitals and 95 home isolated.

Four patients arrived from the cantonment and one each patient from city area, Gujar Khan and Kallar Syedan.

There are 22 patients admitted in different hospitals, including four in Benazir Bhutto Hospital, six in Fauji Foundation Hospital and 12 in Rawalpindi Institute of Urology.

Two patients are on ventilators, 13 on oxygen and seven are stable.

APP ADDS: As many as 4,104,128 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 out of the district’s total population of 4,225,634.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) District Health Authority Dr Faiza Kanwal told this agency that over 97pc target of the vaccination campaign had been achieved while the remaining would be covered next week.

She said a free of cost booster shot would be administered to people aged over 50 years who have completed six months after taking the two doses.

Published in Dawn, December 20th, 2021

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