Pakistan
Coronavirus: Pakistan reports 1,467 new cases in 24 hours
Covid figures have risen to record levels yet again – 1,467 new daily cases – while there’s been another rise in the number of patients admitted to hospital.
Islamabad: Pakistan reported 1,467 new coronavirus infections, a new daily record, with authorities linking the spike with the Omicron variant of virus.
Covid figures have risen to record levels yet again – 1,467 new daily cases – while there’s been another rise in the number of patients admitted to hospital.
According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 1,467 persons were tested positive while 2 died in the past 24 hours— taking Pakistan's COVID death toll to 28,974.
The total number of cases has reached 1,307,174.
As many as 1,259,253 patients have recovered from the disease.
Punjab
The number of patients swelled to 448,479 in the province with 13,081 causalities.
Sindh
The number of infections has surged to 488,608 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,682.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The confirmed cases have surged to 181,790 in the province with 5,943 casualties.
Balochistan
There are 33,661 confirmed cases while 367 patients have died from the infection so far.
AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
There are 34,708 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 748. On the other hand, there are 10,433 cases in GB with 186 coronavirus deaths.
Islamabad
There are 109,495 cases in the capital city while 967 people have lost their lives.