Islamabad sees another record surge in Covid-19 cases.

RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD -- Islamabad saw another record increase in Covid-19 cases on Wednesday after 151 people tested positive for the disease. Two patients have also died.

At least 1,879 people have now been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the capital, and 19 people have died, officials in the capital administration said.

They said that the two most recent deceased patients lived in F-7 and G-13. Both of them were hospitalised and their condition had been serious for the last few days.

The officials said that the coronavirus is spreading all over the capital, with 17 cases reported from Defence Housing Authority - Phase I, 12 from G-9/2, 11 from G-10/1, nine from F-11/1, eight from I-8, seven each from H-13, G-8/4 and G-7/2, six each from Chattha Bakhtawar and Bhara Kahu, five from I-9/4, four each from Taramri, F-8 and G-9/1, three each from Ghouri Town and G-8/1, two each from G-11/4, E-11.3, D-12/1, Faizabad, Sohan, Bahria Town Phase II, Shahzad Town, G-10/3, F-6/1 and H-8/2 and one each from G-15, Bari Imam, Police Foundation, Tarnol, Orchard Scheme, E-7, G-6/2, F-7/2, PWD, Rawal Town, CBR Town and Korang Town.

District Health Officer Dr Zaeem Zia said that the District Health Office has traced 151 contacts of 87 cases reported earlier this week. So far, 76 people have been tested for Covid-19 and their results will be received from the National Institute of Health.

There are currently 112 patients in eight different hospitals in the capital, officials said. Of these, 36 are Islamabad residents and the rest are from other districts. In addition, 61 patients are stable and 40 are receiving oxygen as they are in critical condition. There are 11 people on ventilators.

Hospitals in the capital have 5,692 beds and 223 ventilators available, of which 430 beds and 90 ventilators have been allocated to Covid-19 cases.

A total of 741 suspected and 24 confirmed patients have been quarantined and isolated in 11 quarantine facilities in the capital. The reports of the suspected patients are awaited from NIH.

The officials said there are 1,185 beds available at 20 quarantine centres in the capital.

Eight dead in Rawalpindi

Eight people died of Covid-19 in Rawalpindi district on Wednesday while 57 more people tested positive for the disease and 44 were discharged after recovering.

A 50-year-old woman who lived in C-Block, Satellite Town, was brought to the Rawalpindi Institute of Urology (RIU) on the morning of May 27 and died the same day.

A 65-year-old...