Rawalpindi sees rise in Covid-19 recovery rate.

RAWALPINDI -- Two persons died of Covid-19 while 26 more people tested positive and 28 patients were discharged from hospitals after their recovery from the disease on Friday.

Parveen Bibi, 65, from Taxila was brought to Holy Family Hospital on Jan 18 where she died on Friday morning.

Nazia Bibi, 70, a resident of Transit Camp Road Rawalpindi, died on Thursday night at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) where she was admitted on Jan 20.

Officials said two of the new patients arrived in hospitals from cantonment areas, four from Potohar Town, eight from Rawal Town, two from Kallar Syedan and one from Taxila while five patients were brought from Islamabad, two from Attock and one each from Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gujrat.

At present, 302 active patients are in the district, including 60 in hospitals and 246 home isolated. Moreover, 472 patients are waiting for their results.

Total 60 patients are admitted in hospitals - 11 in Benazir Bhutto Hospital, 13 in Fauji Foundation Hospital, seven in Holy...

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