Corona cases decline in Punjab: Secretary

Lahore: The Secretary of Professional Health Care of Punjab Province, Nabil Ahmed Awan, said that the province has witnessed a decline in cases of the coronavirus pandemic. Of the 7,448 beds reserved for COVID-19 patients in all government hospitals, 6,593 beds are vacant.

In a handout published here on Friday, he said that the Lahore Government Hospital has also reserved 1,555 beds, and so far there are 1,347 beds vacant. He added that the department has arranged 3,327 beds in the isolation wards of all government hospitals in the province, of which 3,089 beds are vacant.

Nabeel Awan said that the health department has arranged 782 ventilators for COVID-19 patients in all hospitals of the provincial government, of which 168 ventilators are in use and 614 are not in use. He added that the Lahore Hospital retains approximately 278 ventilators, of which 60 are occupied and 218 ventilators are vacant.