Number of corona patients on sharp rise, 271 cases reported July 19, 2021 Rawalpindi : The number of patients being tested positive for coronavirus illness, COVID-19 from Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi district has been on a sharp increase ahead of Eidul Azha and experts believe that the outbreak may get more severe in the coming days as there is almost no following of SOPs in markets. In the last five days, as many as 1,144 new cases have been reported from the region at an average of 229 patients per day. It is important that the average number of patients reported per day from the region dropped down to below 70 in June.