Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza said that Pakistan recorded 20 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours the lowest number of fatalities in the last three months. “Today, Alhamdolilah, we have the lowest number of deaths in Pakistan due to COVID-19 in last 3 months. We had a peak of 153 deaths on 20 June and in last 24 hours we had 20,” he said in a Tweet. He further stated that it was a “87% reduction” in COVID-19 related deaths, but warned that there was no room for “complacency”.
“This is a 87% reduction in COVID-19 related deaths. Yet no place for any complacency!”, he added. Dr Zafar Mirza yesterday had advised COVID-19 sufferers to pay special attention to their nutrients and daily consumption of water. Dr Zafar Mirza, while talking to private TV channel, said that 237,000 people have recovered from the virus in Pakistan. Elaborating his own experience after being tested positive, Dr Zafar Mirza said that he has isolated himself over the advice of doctors.
“People should focus on the quality of nutrients instead of quantity. I am also a doctor but I hadn’t taken any medicine without consulting other doctors.” The special assistant on health warned that a coronavirus patient recovered from the virus could get infected again.
Meanwhile, the country reported 1,176 new novel coronavirus cases during past 24 hours, taking the nationwide number of cases to 274,286. According to the latest figures released by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 20 deaths were also reported due to virus in the last 24 hours. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 5,842. The number of active cases of the COVID-19 in the country now stands at 27,421. Pakistan has so far conducted 1,890,236 coronavirus tests and 22,056 in the last 24 hours. Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad. Till now 118,311 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 92,073 in Punjab, 33,397 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11,601 in Balochistan, 14,884 in Islamabad 1,989 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
