Lahore: Health experts have raised concerns after number of childreninfected with coronavirus is increasing as third wave rages across country.
According to details, two more children have been admitted in thecoronavirus ward of Lahore Children’s Hospital.
So far 14 children infected with virus have been admitted in the coronaward out of which six have been discharged while eight are undergoingtreatment, hospital administration revealed.
The condition of all children undergoing treatment is out of danger andtheir ages range from 2 to 6 years.
The hospital administration added that more beds have been set up forchildren in corona ward while the number of staff has also been increased.
Pakistan’s coronavirus tally on Friday reached 678,165 with the detectionof 5,234 new cases in the last 24 hours, with authorities linking theuptick in numbers to the third wave of the deadly outbreak across thecountry.
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According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 5,283cases of coronavirus were reported while 83 people succumbed to the diseasein the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 14,613.
The total number of confirmed cases reached to 678,165.
As many as 607,205 patients have recovered from the disease with 3,384critical cases.
