Record 1,073 test positive for virus in a day in Punjab.

LAHORE -- A record 1,073 people tested positive for the Covid-19 in a day across Punjab while 13 confirmed patients died of the virus.

Of the total new confirmed patients, 499 were reported from Lahore, 209 from Rawalpindi, 69 from Multan, 65 Gujranwala and 64 from Sialkot.

The number of deaths in Punjab is now 310. Of the new deaths, seven occurred in Lahore. The deaths were also reported from Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Gujranwala.

According to the department, total 5,931 tests were performed during the last 24 hours in Punjab.

CONTACTS: As many as 2,567 people who were in contact with 8,821 confirmed patients of the Covid-19 in Punjab have so far tested positive for the virus.

A spokesperson for the health department said the health teams traced total 53,736 contacts of the confirmed patients of the coronavirus since outbreak of the pandemic in the province. Out of them, 2,567 were diagnosed with the virus while the results of 2,450 were awaited.

SIALKOT: The total number of the coronavirus patients increased to 695 in Sialkot district with 72 fresh cases reported on Friday.

Deputy Commissioner Dr Nasir Mehmood Bashir said the number of infections was increasing day by day and situation was alarming in Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial and Pasrur tehsils. He said the Covid-19 test reports of 72 already quarantined people came positive.

The DC said that Covid-19 patients were admitted to the Govt Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital, Sialkot, and Corona Field Hospital, Sialkot, for their further medical healthcare under the supervision of the district health department.

Meanwhile, Sialkot-based senior physician Dr Ikram Qureshi, 85, died of the coronavirus at the Mayo Hospital, Lahore. He was running his private clinic on the Maharaja Road, Sialkot, where he got infected with the Covid-19. He remained under treatment at the Mayo Hospital for about one month and breathed his last on...