ATTOCK - As many as 13 educational institutes have been sealed for one week by the district administration owing to corona positive cases among the teachers and students. The step has been taken to control the rising cases. Meanwhile, number of positive cases in the district has reached upto 1741. Those institutes which have been sealed include Government Girls High School Formali, Government Boys High School Jalalia, Government Girls High School Kalu Kalan, Government Girls High School Waisa, Government Boys High School Formali, Government Girls High School Shamsabad, Government Girls High School Baryar, Government Boys High School Chhab, Government Boys High School Dakhner, Government Boys High School Mianwala, Government Boys High School Jabbi Kisran, Government Boys High School Bahtar, and Government Girls High School Jabbi Kisran. According to Dr Kashif Hussain, Incharge Corona Cell Attock, so far, 33251 patients were screened and out of these patients 1741 were found positive, 27140 were found negative while result of 1118 suspects is still awaited. The incharge said that so far 34 corona patients have died, 1,363 recovered while 16 are under-treatment in DHQ Hospital Attock. He said that 340 corona patients are home quarantined. CEO Education Attock Mohsin Abbas when contacted for his comments confirmed that 13 schools have been sealed for a week owing to coronavirus positive cases among the teachers and students. He said that Covid-19 SOPs are being followed in letter and spirit and no compromise is being made in this context.