Covid-19 cases continue to emerge in Islamabad, Rawalpindi district.

Byline: Munawer Azeem and Aamir Yasin

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI -- As many as 271 confirmed cases and three deaths from Covid-19 were reported in Islamabad and 97 positive cases and two deaths in Rawalpindi during the last three days.

Till Saturday, the tally of deaths and confirmed cases in the capital was 14 and 1457, which on Tuesday rose to 17 and 1728, respectively.

The positive cases in the capital were reported at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), CDA Hospital, Rawal Hospital, Quaid-i-Azam International Hospital, National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Police Lines Headquarters.

So far, 14 officials of the capital police have contracted the virus - four officials each from the operations division, Special Branch, two from Counter-Terrorist Department, one from the headquarters and three from the Central Police Office.

Doctors and police officials among confirmed patients in capital

All these police officials have been isolated at Pims and Polyclinic.

Three Covid-19 patients died during the Eid holidays and they were residents of G-10, G-15 and G-7.

So far, 63 people have died of the virus in different hospitals of the capital and 50 of them were residents of other districts.

Six of the deceased were from the age group of 60-69, four from 80-89, two each from 30-39, 40-49 and 70-79 and one from 50-59, the officials said.

Pims Joint Executive Director Dr Minajhus Siraj said two patients died on Sunday while another on Tuesday. The patient who died on Tuesday was a resident of Rawalpindi and brought to the hospital 10 days ago. He was 85 years old, he added.

During the holidays, four doctors of the neurology department and a technician of the nephrology department of Pims also tested positive, he said, adding the doctors were isolated at their houses while the technician was kept at the isolation ward as his condition was critical.

The isolation ward at Pims is full as all the 30 beds available there are occupied, Dr Siraj said. Out of the total, eight patients were on ventilators.

He said 50 beds were also available at the private ward and 12 patients were kept there. During the last 24 hours, 142 people with coronavirus symptoms were checked at the filter clinic of the hospital.

Samples of the suspects were sent to the NIH for detection of the virus, Dr Siraj added.

Meanwhile, as many as 97 people tested positive for Covid-19 while two patients died and 91 people were discharged after recovery during three days of Eidul...