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218 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Punjab in 24 hours

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LAHORE: Punjab reported 218 fresh cases of the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the province’s total number of confirmed infections to 92,873, ARY News reported on Friday.

According to a spokesperson of Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, two more patients died from novel coronavirus during the period, due to which the death toll in the province rose to 2,140.

The province has conducted overall 7,26,089 COVID-19 tests so far, according to the statement.

The number of the patients recuperated from the disease in Punjab has now reached to 82,526, the spokesperson said.

The Punjab government had earlier decided to close markets and shopping malls till August 05 to avoid the spread of coronavirus in the province during Eid-ul-Azha.

Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid on Thursday said that 19 districts in Punjab, which had earlier reported COVID-19 cases, not reported a single case of the disease.

“The coronavirus outbreak in Punjab is now under control. Nineteen districts of Punjab are now virus-free,” she said.

The number of coronavirus cases continue to decline in Pakistan as the country reported 903 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

According to the latest figures released by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 27 deaths were also reported due to the virus in the last 24 hours. The nationwide tally of fatalities has reached to 5,951.

Pakistan has so far conducted 1,978,247 coronavirus tests and 25,507 in past 24 hours. In the country 247,171 coronavirus patients have recovered so far.

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