Covid-19 infects 15 people

Published August 9, 2022

RAWALPINDI: As many as 15 people were diagnosed with Covid -19 on Monday, raising the district’s tally of confirmed cases to 47,326.

As per the latest data released by the District Health Authority here on Monday, the infected cases included 43,743 from Rawalpindi and 3,583 from other districts. Among the new cases, six each arrived from Potohar Town and Rawalpindi Cantonment, two from Islamabad and one from Kalar Syeda.

“Presently, 128 confirmed patients have been quarantined at homes while no one is admitted to any district’s health facility,” the report added.

The report further said that 6,992,180 people, including 44,797 health workers, had jabbed themselves against the lethal coronavirus (COVID-19) across the district since the vaccination administering drive launched on March 10, 2021.

District Health Authority updated that during the last 24 hours,1,015 samples were collected, out of which 1,000 were declared negative, while the positivity rate was recorded at 1.48 per cent.

Published in Dawn, August 9th, 2022

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