The total number of critically ill coronavirus patients on oxygen has reached 5,360 in Pakistan, National Command and Operation Centre head Asad Umar said on Twitter Friday.
He said this figure is 57% more than the peak last June. “Alhamdulillah have so far managed to cope with this huge increase because of proactively building capacity of the entire system from oxygen production to beds,” he said.
Umar gave an update on the production and availability of oxygen in Pakistan.
He said Pakistan’s total oxygen production operational capacity last year was 487 tons per day. This has increased to 798 tons per day. Oxygen production has gone up from 465 tons per day last June to 725 tons currently. The country also imported 19,200 oxygen cylinders last year to ensure distribution.Umar reiterated the need to follow coronavirus standard operating procedures and said the “next few weeks are critical”