ISLAMABAD: As the spread of Covid-19 Omicron variant picked up pace in Pakistan so did the number of everyday cases as the country recorded nearly 1,100 infections during the last 24 hours.
According to the statistics released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Thursday morning, there were 1,085 new infections and five deaths in the country during the last 24 hours.
The latest figures released by the NCOC suggested that after the addition of five new deaths, the overall toll has now surged to 28,955 whereas the number of total infections now stood at 1,299,848 after adding the fresh 1,085 cases.
During the last 24 hours (Wednesday), 46,585 tests were conducted throughout Pakistan whereas the positivity ratio stood at 2.32 percent. The number of patients in critical care was 636.
During the last 24 hours (Wednesday), as many as 247 patients have recovered from the virus whereas the total recoveries stood at 1,257,847. As of Thursday, the total count of active cases in the country was recorded at 13,046.
As many as 484,226 coronavirus cases have so far been confirmed in Sindh, 446,300 in Punjab, 181,573 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 108,984 in Islamabad, 33,654 in Balochistan, 34,682 in Azad Kashmir and 10,429 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Moreover, 13,076 individuals have lost their lives to the pandemic in Punjab so far, 7,676 in Sindh, 5,938 in KP, 967 in Islamabad, 746 in Azad Kashmir, 366 in Balochistan and 186 in Gilgit Baltistan. (With Input from INP)
