LAHORE: There is a bit slow down in the spread of Covid-19, as 796 positive cases and 27 deaths were reported across the province of Punjab in the last 24 hours.
As per the government's Covid-19 portal, with addition of 796 fresh cases, the total number of corona cases across the province has reached to 71,987 with 27 deaths taking the tally to 1,629 deaths so far.
As per data made available to Business Recorder, out of total 71,987 positive cases, 22,076 are from age bracket of 31-45 years, 20,495 from 16-30 years, 15,302 from 46-60 years, 7,334 from 61-75 years, 3,280 from 1-15 years and remaining 1,249 are above 75 years of age.
Up to 461,154 tests of coronavirus have so far been conducted across the province with 8,084 tests conducted during the last 24 hours.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the provincial metropolis has reached to 37081 with 645 deaths so far. During the last 24 hours, 392 fresh cases were reported in the provincial metropolis while no fatality was reported.
In Rawalpindi, the total number of positive cases has reached to 5,722 with 287 deaths so far. In Faisalabad, 4,744 cases were reported with 162 deaths so far.
In Punjab, a record, 747 corona patients have recovered in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 21,009 of total recovered patients.
The University of Health Sciences (UHS) vice-chancellor Prof Javed Akram said that the UHS is going to make public in July the preliminary results of the biggest drug trail initiated on Covid-19 patients. Another research project to judge the efficacy of Vitamin D3 for corona-positive patients was being launched by the UHS in collaboration with Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine (PSIM), he added.
On the other hand, the Corona Experts Advisory Group (CEAG) has approved a new "clinical advisory" by abolishing the condition of "two mandatory and consecutive negative tests" for symptomatic Covid-19 patients to discharge them from hospitals in Punjab.
This advisory would not be applicable to three categories of patients including Immunocompromised patients, healthcare workers involved in patient care and those living in congregations such as hostels, Madressahs, prisons and community.
Under the new guidelines, the hospital shall not perform two tests of those confirmed patients who would not show symptoms for three consecutive days from the 10th day of admission to the hospitals.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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