LAHORE: The positivity rate of coronavirus in the province has slightly increased from 9.51% to 9.89%, as out of 17,933 Covid-19 tests conducted during the last 24 hours, as many as 1774 fresh virus cases and 09 fatalities were reported across Punjab taking the provincial tally of cases to 202,743 and death toll to 6046.
With the recovery of 44 more virus patients, the number of recovered patients in the province has reached to 178,942. On the other hand, as many as 957 coronavirus recoveries were reported across the country during the last 24 hours taking the total number of virus recoveries to 586,228 with the recovery rate of 92 percent. The provincial metropolis is in grip of virus.
As per breakup of corona cases and deaths in major cities of the province, Lahore has so far reported 106489 cases and 2471 deaths, Rawalpindi 16630 cases and 957 deaths, Faisalabad 12058 cases and 580 deaths, Multan 10027 cases and 412 deaths, D G Khan 2399 cases and 66 deaths, Bahawalpur 4548 cases and 155 deaths, Gujranwala 5524 cases and 156 deaths, Gujrat 5599 cases and 92 deaths, Rahim Yar Khan 2871 cases and 144 deaths, Sialkot 4734 cases and 178 deaths and Sargodha reported 3870 cases and 158 deaths.
Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI) Principal Prof Dr Sardar Muhammad Al-freed Zafar, while addressing the participants of Dengue Case Management, asked the doctors, nurses and paramedics not to forget the challenge of dengue during the Corona pandemic and be fully prepared in this regard.
“Now the dengue season has started so all the health professionals must attend the training workshops to enhance their professional skills and keep their knowledge related to dengue updated,” he said.
Prof Dr Tahir Siddique while briefing the young doctors on the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and precautions of dengue fever informed them that all the arrangements regarding dengue have been completed in LGH.
Prof Al-freed Zafar said that advancement in medicine and science has provided various platforms to educate doctors on modern therapies. Physicians now have a duty to keep their medical knowledge up-to-date to meet the challenges of the day, especially young doctors, he added.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2021
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