ISLAMABAD: Active cases of coronavirus in the federal capital have dropped to 19.7 percent as out of total 14,454 confirmed cases only 2,858 are active, as on Friday. According to official data, out of total 14,454 cases, 11,599 patients have completely recovered since the spread of Covid-19 in the country.

On Friday, the number of new coronavirus cases dropped to 52, the lowest in the last two and a half months. At least, 11,599 Covid-19 patients have recovered so far in the city, taking the recovery rate in the city to 81 percent, the data says.

Out of total 13,195 cases, 157 people have died in the city, since the outbreak of the highly contagious virus.

The data says the new cases reported on July 16 were 87, July 15, 113; on July 14, 94; on July 13, 85; on July 12, 96; on July 11, 98; on July 10, 98; on July 9, 81; on July 8, 93; July 7, 63; July 6, 85; on July 5, 117; on July 4, 97; on July 3, 113, on July 2, 170, on July 1, 137, on June 30, 132, on June 29, 248, on June 28, 189, on June 27, 255, on June 26, 271, on June 25, 227, on June 24, 264, on June 23, 307, June 22, 250, on June 21, 383, on June 20, 338, on June 19, 304, on June 18, 395, on June 17, 385, and on June 16, 288.

Similarly, on June 15, 635, on June 14, 771, on June 13, 464, on June 12, 463 , on June 11, 273, on June 10, 178, on June 9, 456, on June 8, 350, on June 7, 656, on June 6, 377, on June 5, 402, on June 4, 356, and on June 3, 292.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020