Twenty COVID19 patients were Saturday discharged from SKIMS Bemina hospital here after their repeated samples tested negative for the disease.
A statement said of the total 718 COVID19 patients, 608 have recovered from the disease so far.
The statement said the rate of recovery of the patients at the hospital was 84 percent, and the mortality rate was one percent, with nine deaths.
The statement said the treated patients included pregnant women admitted for maternity care. It said till date 53 deliveries including 31 major surgeries (LSCS) for child birth have been done at the hospital.