ISLAMABAD: The number of cases of the novel coronavirus have been gradually rising in the country over the past few days.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan reported 513 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, taking the national tally of infections to 298,025. Five more people succumbed to the deadly virus lifting the death toll to 6,340.
As many as 282,553 patients have recovered from the coronavirus in the country including 285 in the past day. There are still 535 critical cases in hospitals across the country, while there are still 9,123 active cases.
Furthermore, 24,857 samples were tested over the past 24 hours, out of which 513 turned out to be positive. There have been over 2.7 million tests conducted so far.
Sindh has reported 130,253 confirmed cases of the virus so far, Punjab 97,118, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 36,498, Balochistan 13,157, Islamabad 15,726, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 2,313 and Gilgit Baltistan 2,960.
Earlier, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said coronavirus cases have decreased but the virus has not been eliminated completely from the country.
Speaking to a private news channel, the federal minister said the government has adopted a comprehensive strategy to control the coronavirus pandemic.
The minister urged people to continue to adopt SOPs until a vaccine is introduced. He said the second wave of the COVID-19 could be more dangerous than the first one.
Replying to a question, he said schools would be opened with strict precautionary measures and a final decision would be taken in a meeting to be held next week.
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