ATTOCK   -  The district has witnessed a rise in Covid-19 cases during the ongoing month as 14 more persons have tested positive during the last 24 hours taking the count of COVID patients to 1,755. 

District focal person for Covid-19 Kashif Hussain said nine patients were from the Attock city, two from Hazro, and one from Hassanabdal, Jand and Fatehjang each. He said the active cases in the district were 358, in which 351 were home isolated while seven others were hospitalized. He said 13 suspected patients were also admitted in the district headquarters hospital in which 11 were in critical condition. 

He said there were 30,221 suspected patients for Covid-19. A total of 33,473 people were screened, in which, 27,270 were tested negative, he added. 

Responding to a question, he said the results of as many as 1,196 suspected patients were awaited. He said so far 1,363 persons had recovered from the virus. To another query, he said safe burial of 101 people, infected with Covid-19 were carried out in the district.