ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday reported a drop in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases during a single day. During the last 24 hours, Pakistan reported 6,357 fresh cases of pandemic infections as compared to yesterday’s 7,195.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), a total of 49,595 samples were tested, out of which 6,357 turned out to be positive at the positivity rate of 12.81 per cent.With the emergence of fresh cases, the countrywide tally of cases has jumped to 1,381,152.
Seventeen more patients of COVID-19 succumbed to the viral disease in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 29,122. The number of critical patients rose to 1,200 as compared to yesterday’s 1,113 cases.
Including 49,595 tests over the past hours, Pakistan has so far conducted 24,639,942 tests to diagnose the deadly virus and 1,269,634 people have regained their health including 556 in the past 24 hours. On Monday, authorities enforced a smart lockdown in several areas of Karachi’s South district amid a sharp rise in the Omicron cases.A notification issued by the district administration stated that multiple localities of Garden, Saddar and Civil Lines areas would remain under smart lockdown.
involved tests over the past hours.
The country’s second-largest city, Lahore, recorded 170,000 COVID-19 cases as of September 5, 2020, making up about 19% of all cases nationwide. The Islamabad Capital Territory and Peshawar District had about 79,000 and 47,000 confirmed cases, respectively, based on the most recent data available. Approximately 55% of the nation’s confirmed cases are located in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, and Peshawar combined, making up over 485,000 cases.
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