Govt will ensure thousand ICU beds this month: Asad Umar
The federal government provided 250 ventilators to provinces in one week, Asad Umar said.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said that the government will ensure thousand ICU beds this month, Dunya News reported on Monday.
The federal minister held a news conference in Islamabad and said the federation is trying to improve the health system by working together with provinces.
Asad Umar said, “The federal government provided 250 ventilators to provinces in one week. Coronavirus can only be controlled by taking precautions.”
Let it be known that COVID-19 cases in Pakistan have passed one lac mark as 103,671 individuals have been affected by the pandemic. The country has confirmed 65 more deaths in one day and the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 2,067.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 4,728 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours.
Till now 38,903 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Punjab, 38,108 in Sindh, 13,487 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 6,516 in Balochistan, 5,329 in Islamabad, 932 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 396 in Azad Kashmir.
Furthermore, 715 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 650 in Sindh, 575 in KP, 54 in Balochistan, 52 in Islamabad, 13 in GB and 8 in Azad Kashmir.
Pakistan has so far conducted 705,833 coronavirus tests and 22,650 in last 24 hours. 34,355 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas many are in critical condition.
