LAHORE: Three districts of south Punjab have reported the highest ratio of Covid-19 recoveries across the province, while Gujranwala recorded the lowest.

In Muzaffargarh, the recovery ratio was 97.7 per cent, followed by Bahawalnagar with 87.2, Bhakkar 82.7 and Dera Ghazi Khan 80.2pc.

Gujranwala has shown 19.2pc recoveries only.

The three south Punjab districts have also reported no death from coronavirus so far despite several infected patients in hospitals and quarantine centres.

According to a health department report, there were 176 patients of the virus so far in Muzaffargarh and 172 of them had recovered. In Bahawalnagar, 41 patients out of 47, in Bhakkar77 out of 93 and in Dera Ghazi Khan 216 patients have recovered out of total 269 patients who had so far tested positive for Covid-19.

Toba Tek Singh and Chiniot districts were at the second and third last spots with lowest recovery ratio of 22.7pc and 25pc, respectively.

The report showed that the situation was disturbing in the mega cities of the province where not only the recovery ratio was very low, but the number of deaths was also alarmingly high. Faisalabad reported 26.3pc recoveries with 13 deaths, Lahore 26.7pc with 69 deaths and Multan 36pc with 36 deaths.

Attock reported a 50.9pc recovery ratio, Bahawalpur 55.8, Chakwal 70, Gujrat 48.7, Hafizabad 40.1, Jhang 74.5, Jhelum 79.4, Kasur 57.6, Khanewal 66.6, Khushab 43.2, Layyah 78.2, Lodhran 54.4, MandiBahauddin 82.2, Mianwali 64.5, Nankana Sahib 82, Narowal 37.1, and Okara 34.3pc.

The overall recovery rate of Covid-19 patients in Punjab was 37.3pc with 197 deaths so far.

Medical experts were unsure about the factors behind variation in the recovery rate among various districts. They said some studies were under way to determine the reasons.

Meanwhile, five more patients of Covid-19 died and 475 new cases were detected in Punjab during the last 24 hours, including 262 in Lahore, 44 in Faisalabad, 23 Gujranwala and 17 in Multan. The total number of positive cases and deaths in Punjab reached 11,568 and 197, respectively.

All five deaths were reported from the provincial capital of Lahore, according to the health department spol(esperson.