Pakistan records uptick in infections as WHO warns of Omicron tsunami

ISLAMABAD, : After hovering around daily 300 infections for the past many weeks, Pakistan has registered an uptick in coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours amid a warning from WHO that Omicron-driven “tsunami” threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems as data showed cases have surged across the world in the past week to levels never seen before.

According to the statistics released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Thursday morning, Pakistan has recorded three coronavirus deaths and 482 infections during the last 24 hours.

The latest figures released by the NCOC showed that after the addition of three new deaths, the overall toll has now surged to 28,921 whereas the number of total infections now stood at 1,294,861 after adding the fresh 482 cases.

During the last 24 hours, a total of 50,662 tests were conducted throughout Pakistan whereas the positivity ratio stood at 0.95 percent. The number of patients in critical care was 639.

During the last 24 hours, as many as 535 patients have recovered from the virus whereas the total recoveries stood at 1,255,931. As of Thursday, the total count of active cases in the country was recorded at 10,009.

As many as 481,381 coronavirus cases have so far been confirmed in Sindh, 444,862 in Punjab, 181,334 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 108,565 in Islamabad, 33,630 in Balochistan, 34,660 in Azad Kashmir and 10,429 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Moreover, 13,066 individuals have lost their lives to the pandemic in Punjab so far, 7,666 in Sindh, 5,927 in KP, 967 in Islamabad, 746 in Azad Kashmir, 363 in Balochistan and 186 in Gilgit Baltistan.