103 healthcare workers died of coronavirus in Pakistan: report
- By Web Desk -
- Dec 08, 2020
ISLAMABAD: As many as 103 healthcare workers have lost their lives while battling the deadly outbreak of novel coronavirus in the country, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
According to statistics provided released by the Health Ministry, so far 10,925 healthcare workers have contracted the COVID-19, including 6.791 doctors and 1,360 nurses and 2,774 staff of the hospitals.
Overall 10,038 healthcare workers have recovered their health from the virus while 666 are under isolation after testing positive for COVID-19.
As per the province-wise break, in Punjab, 1,600 doctors, 400 nurses and 638 healthcare staff contracted the coronavirus. In KP, 1,260 doctors, 409 nurses and 1,153 health staff were diagnosed with the pandemic.
Similarly, 2,221 doctors, 407 nurses and 519 health staff tested COVID-19 positive, the report said. 516 doctors, 32 nurses and 93 healthcare workers in Balochistan, 794 doctors, 68 nurses and 106 healthcare staff in Islamabad, 121 doctors, two nurses, and 89 health staff in Gilgit-Baltistan and 279 doctors, 42 nurses and 176 healthcare staff were diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Pakistan has recorded 89 deaths and 2,885 new cases due to the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
In the past 24 hours, 89 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 8,487. 13,932 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 2,486 patients are in critical condition.
The total count of active cases is 44,218 and the positivity rate of COVID-19 cases reaches up to 8.58 per cent.