COVID-19 cases in federal capital restricted to 137.

ISLAMABAD -- Increased testing and tracing of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the federal capital on Wednesday contained the number of 137, official data said .

The continued lockdown in the selected areas of the federal capital has contained the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases below 150 in a day.

As per National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) data released, 137 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the previous 24 hours in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) with only one death.

Total number of COVID-19 cases in the city has reached 12,912 with 128 deaths and 7,261 recoveries.

District Health Officer (DHO), Dr Zaeem Zia said that recent surge in the cases was relevant as around 25,000 tests had been done in the city.

He said that sometimes due to the increased number of cases, the backlog was created and results were reported with delay.

Dr Zaeem Zia said that meanwhile the figure had dropped from around 400 cases being reported daily. 'Around 50 cases are a relatively small number,' he said.

He said that the epidemiology sciences asked for more tests and tracing which was being implemented to cope with the pandemic adding that the number of severe cases of COVID-19 had reduced in the federal capital hospital.

He also said that...