COVID-19 claims 33 lives, infects 1,315 more people.

ISLAMABAD -- The national tally on Saturday of total active COVID-19 cases recorded 21,554 with 1,315 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 2,013 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours.

Thirty three corona patients have died during past 24 hours, 32 of them were under treatment in hospital and one in their respective quarantines and homes on Friday, according to the latest update issued by the National command and Operation Centre (NCOC).

During the last 24 hours most of the deaths had occurred in the Punjab followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Out of the total 33 deaths, 16 people died, were under treatment, on ventilators.

The maximum ventilators were occupied in four major areas including Multan 18 percent, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) 30 percent, Peshawar 21 percent and Lahore 35 percent.

The maximum Oxygen beds (alternate oxygen providing facility other than ventilator administered as per medical requirement of COVID patient) was also occupied in Four major areas of Gujrat 61 percent, Peshawar 34 percent, Mirpur 23 percent, and Lahore 22 percent and ICT 22 percent.

Around 220 ventilators were occupied elsewhere in the country while no COVID affected person was on ventilator in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Balochistan.

Some 39,086 tests were conducted across the country on Friday, including 10,865 in Sindh, 15,079 in Punjab, 7,215 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 4,382 in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), 556 in Balochistan, 343 in GB, and...

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