ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) apprised on Thursday that over 61 percent ventilators allocated for COVID -19 were still vacant and available at across country hospitals.
NCOC was apprised that not a single patient was on the ventilator in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
Some 1,584 non COVID ventilators were available across the country to meet any emergency.
Of the total 1,400 ventilators reserved for COVID-19, only 368 ventilators have been occupied till date.
Some 5,838 patients have been admitted in 779 hospitals with COVID-19
The highest 26,573 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in country in last 24 hours.
Furthermore 25 portable ventilators had been despatched to Karachi by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) during last 48 hours.
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(With Input from INP)
