FAISALABAD: Four more patients died of COVID-19 in the district, while 107 persons tested positive during the last 24 hours.

A spokesperson for the Health Department said on Thursday the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 589 in the district. He said that 1,065 tests for coronavirus were conducted in public and private sectors labs during the same period.

He said that so far 9,224 patients had recovered from the disease while total active cases in Faisalabad reached 2,197.

He said that 550 beds were allocated at the Allied Hospital and 85 at the DHQ Hospital for COVID-19 patients.

At present, 131 patients, including 53 confirmed ones, were under treatment at the Allied Hospital while 37, including 14 confirmed, were admitted to DHQ Hospital.