Covid-19 cases on decline in Punjab: Yasmin Rashid.

RAWALPINDI -- Punjab Health Minister Dr Yamin Rashid said on Sunday that Covid-19 cases were declining throughout the province, with 520 patients on oxygen beds and only eight on ventilators.

While visiting the Rawalpindi Institute of Urology, Rashid said that Rawalpindi's Covid-19 positivity ratio had dropped down to 3.5%. She added that out of 2,000 available oxygen beds only 520 were in use in Lahore, whereas 200 ventilators were also unoccupied.

"The implementation of SOPs has reduced Covid-19 cases. Today 28,973 tests were conducted in Punjab and only 901 cases emerged," stated the provincial health minister.

"For the first time, the number of daily Covid-19 cases dropped to less than a 1,000, which means a clear reduction in overall cases", she further added.

The situation in Punjab is a lot better than the situation in India, the minister observed.

While discussing restrictive measures, the minister was confident that SOPs were adhered to across the province.

Smart lockdowns are being implemented as needed throughout the province. Marriage halls and indoor events are banned while public transport is running on 50%...