Pakistan
Pakistan logs 310 new COVID cases; Positivity ratio at 0.74%
Around 350 fresh coronavirus cases emerged while nine people succumbed to the disease in last 24 hours amid 'Omicron' threat.
Islamabad: Amid a steady decline in Covid-19 infections, Pakistan's coronavirus positivity ratio further fell to 0.74 %.
Around 350 fresh coronavirus cases emerged while nine people succumbed to the disease in last 24 hours amid 'Omicron' threat.
Following the alarming situation, Pakistan’s government will step up COVID-19 vaccination efforts and is expanding the criteria for vaccine booster shots.
According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 310 persons were tested positive while 10 died in the past 24 hours— taking Pakistan's COVID death toll to 28,803.
The total number of cases has reached 1,287,703.
As many as 1,247,066 patients have recovered from the disease.
Punjab
The number of patients swelled to 443,610 in the province with 13,044 causalities.
Sindh
The number of infections has surged to 477,119 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,630.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The confirmed cases have surged to 180,471 in the province with 5,868 casualties.
Balochistan
There are 33,514 confirmed cases while 362 patients have died from the infection so far.
AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
There are 34,580 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 742. On the other hand, there are 10,414 cases in GB with 186 coronavirus deaths.
Islamabad
There are 107,960 cases in the capital city while 961 people have lost their lives.