The killing spree of COVID-19 continues in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The killing spree of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues in Pakistan, with the official death toll increasing to 17. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza announced this in his routine televised media briefing on the prevailing coronavirus situation in Pakistan. He said 745 confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to various hospitals across the country were stable and were showing signs of recovery. “They were in mild to moderate condition and soon they will be discharged from the hospitals,” Mirza said. He said out of a total of 756 hospitalized patients, only 11 were in critical condition and they were being treated at the isolation rooms, while some of them were on ventilators. He said during the last 24 hours 1,006 suspected cases were registered, while the number of suspected cases was 13,324. He said out of 1,600 confirmed patients including 593 from the Punjab, 502 from Sindh, 192 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...