The government on Friday announced lockdown in 24 districts, including the federal capital, where all private and public educational institutions were closed for a week as the ongoing fourth wave of coronavirus pandemic intensified. Following the meeting, the Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PERA) and the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) issued separate notifications announcing that all educational institutions in Islamabad would remain closed from September 6 to September 11. The forum also said that 89 patients died in hospitals during the past 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll to 26,0235. The national caseload of the disease soared to 1,171,578, with most cases reported from Punjab. So far, 1,055,469 have made full recovery, depicting a significant recovery ratio of 97.58%(WITH INPUT FROM APP)

Source: The Express Tribune September 03, 2021 12:15 UTC