Oxygen supply under control as Covid-19 claims 131 more lives Asad Umer says Pakistan has 57% more critical Covid-19 patients now than it did last June
May 1, 2021
Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Friday said due to proactive decisions by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) to increase oxygen production capacity and importing more oxygen cylinders, the situation in hospitals is under control despite rapid increase in Covid-19 cases.
“Total number of critical care Covid patients on oxygen reached 5,360 on Thursday. This is 57 percent more than the peak last June,” he said in a series of tweets. “We have so far managed to cope with this huge increase because of proactively building capacity of the entire system from oxygen production to beds,” he added.
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ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: As many as 105 more people lost their battle against coronavirus as the national tally of active cases reached 69,811 with 5,312 more testing positive and 2,390 recovering in the last 24 hours.
Ninety-eight of the people who died in the past 24 hours were under treatment in hospitals, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
Most of these deaths occurred in Punjab followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 33 dying on ventilators during treatment.
The maximum number of ventilators were occupied in Multan (81%), Bahawalpur (68%), Gujranwala (88%) and Lahore (79%).
The maximum number of Oxygen beds (alternate oxygen providing facility other than ventilators administered as per medical requirement of COVID-19 patients) were occupied in Rawalpindi (64%), Gujranwala (85%), Peshawar (84%) and Gujrat (80%).
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April 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The surging coronavirus once against dealt a death blow claiming as many as 105 more lives, as the number of active cases nationwide mounted to 69,811 with 5,312 more testing positive within 24 hours, and the lucky 2,390 also recovered in the same period.
Ninety-eight of the people who died in the past 24 hours were under treatment in hospitals, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
Most of these deaths occurred in Punjab, 58, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 34, Islamabad, 6, AJK,5, Sindh, 1, Balochistan, 1, with 33 dying on ventilators. The maximum number of ventilators were occupied in Multan (81%), Bahawalpur (68%), Gujranwala (88%) and Lahore (79%).Around 509 ventilators were occupied elsewhere in the country, while no COVID-19 affected person was on ventilator in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Balochistan. The maximum number of Oxygen beds (alternate oxygen providing facility) were occupied in Rawalpindi (64%),