ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported two coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, showing a further downward trend in the country’s Covid-19 graph in addition to the decreasing Covid positivity ratio.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), the national tally of Covid-19 active cases was recorded 9,674 with 358 more people testing positive for the deadly virus and 446 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours.
A total of 52,050 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, out of which 358 turned out to be positive, showing an infection rate of 0.68%. At present, 631 critical patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country, the NCOC said.
Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Till now 13,063 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,661 in Sindh 5,922 in KP, 966 in Islamabad, 746 in Azad Kashmir, 363 in Balochistan, and 186 in GB.
A day earlier, the federal capital has reported its first case of Omicron variant of coronavirus, confirmed District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Zaeen Zia.
According to the District Health Officer, the case was detected in a 47-year-old male, adding that he was working in Islamabad and had travelled out of city for work-related purposes.
The patient had no history of travelling abroad, he added. DHO Islamabad Dr Zaeem Zia said that the authorities have also acquired the DNA samples of the family and relatives of the affected person.
Zia said the variant was confirmed as Omicron following its gene-sequencing, adding that 10 contacts of the patient were traced and subsequently isolated/quarantined.
