Another 21 people died and 1,590 were infected from coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours (Monday) across Pakistan, showed the data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday morning.As per the latest NCOC figures, with the addition of 21 new deaths the toll has now soared to 22,618 whereas the total number of cases has now reached 976,867 after adding 1,590 new ones.
During the past 24 hours (Monday), as many as 732 patients have recovered from the virus whereas the total recoveries stood at 914,605. As of Tuesday, the total count of active cases was recorded at 39,644 and the positivity ratio stood at 3.63 percent.As many as 348,385 coronavirus cases have so far been confirmed in Sindh, 348,509 in Punjab, 139,593 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 83,831 in Islamabad, 28,321 in Balochistan, 21,256 in Azad Kashmir and 6,972 in Gilgit Baltistan.Moreover, 10,832 individuals have so far lost their lives to the pandemic in Punjab, 5,613 in Sindh, 4,365 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 785 in Islamabad, 595 in Azad Kashmir, 317 in Balochistan and 111 in Gilgit Baltistan.
According to him, the number of COVID-19 cases has increased during the past few weeks, and the positive rate has increased from 2% to 4%. He also discussed how a spike in instances of the Alpha type of the coronavirus was followed by a sharp rise in cases of the Delta variant.
According to Dr. Sultan, the novel coronavirus strain originating in India and SOP violations are the primary causes of this increase.
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