Pakistan
COVID patients on oxygen top 57%
National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) head Asad Umar on Friday told that the number of critical COVID patients on oxygen has increased by 57% as compared to June 2020.
Taking to Twitter, Federal Minister for Planning and Development while giving the details about the current status of critical care COVID patients said that the number of serious patients has touched a figure of 5,360 that is 57% more as compared to last year in June.
Asad Umar further explained that despite the huge increase in the number of coronavirus patients on Oxygen, the situation has been proactively managed by increasing oxygen production in Pakistan.
“Total oxygen production operational capacity in Pakistan last year was 487 tons/day. It has been increased to 798 tons. Oxygen production has gone up from 465 tons/day last June to 725 tons currently. We also imported 19,200 oxygen cylinders last year to ensure distribution” he added.
The Federal Minister added that the government is continuing to build capacity to ensure a considerable oxygen supply.
The NCOC head further said that the challenge is not yet over and “we have to follow strict standard operating procedures.”
According to the latest report by NCOC, the coronavirus deaths recorded in the last 24 hours are 131 while new cases reported were 5, 112 out of 49, 099 tests conducted.