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Today's Paper | March 18, 2026

Published 09 Jun, 2020 08:30am

Hospitals under strain as Covid-19 peak approaches

As the feared peak of Covid-19 cases nears, major hospitals across the country are rapidly running short of capacity, official data shows.

In Sindh, according to the provincial health department, a total of 22 private and public hospitals are treating Covid-19 patients.

In these 22 hospitals, there were a total of 1,048 isolation beds, out of which 173 were occupied and 875 were vacant as of Monday June 8.

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