ISLAMABAD: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad has asserted that the federal capital only has 2,400 COVID-19 patients left after the smart lockdown strategy proved a success in the city.
According to details, the Deputy Commissioner has informed that the federal capital has witnessed a decline in COVID-19 cases after imposing smart lockdown in virus hotspots.
“In the past 24 hours, only 20 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Islamabad after 1,915 people underwent the screening process. We have performed 178,421 tests in the federal capital,” he informed.
The DC Islamabad further said that they have set up teams to ensure implementation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) devised for Eid ul Azha.
It is worth mentioning here that the federal capital has reported over 14,000 COVID-19 cases. According to the latest figures, the country reported 1,226 new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally of cases to 273,112.
According to National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 35 deaths were also reported due to the virus in the last 24 hours. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 5,822.
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