More than a thousand more corona cases reported in the country, the total number exceeding 1.3 million

 

The prevalence of the omicron variant of coronavirus is increasing in the country and for the second day in a row, more than one thousand cases were reported after which the total number of cases exceeded 1.3 million.

During the last 24 hours, 51,145 tests were performed to diagnose the virus, which resulted in 1,293 positive cases.

Pakistan: Daily update on #coronavirus cases

• 51,145 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
• 1293 people tested #COVID19 positive
• Positivity Ratio is 2.52 %
• Number of deaths is 6
• Patients on Critical Care 609
• Total Active Cases 14,094#DailyCovidUpdate pic.twitter.com/bfblJzXd5A

— Ministry of National Health Services, Pakistan (@nhsrcofficial) January 7, 2022

In addition, 6 more people lost their lives due to the epidemic while the condition of 609 patients is critical.

The details of the number of cases reported in different parts of the country in the last few days are as follows:

Sindh: 759 cases, 2 deaths

Punjab: 376 cases, one death

Islamabad: 109 cases

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 41 cases, 3 deaths

Balochistan: A case

Azad Kashmir: 7 cases

However, no case was reported in Gilgit-Baltistan.

So far, a total of 131,141 corona cases have been confirmed in Pakistan, of which 1,258,086 have been cured but 28,961 have died.

At present, the number of active cases in the country has reached 14,094.

Vaccine Statistics:
Vaccine administered across Pakistan in last 24 hours:
758,688
Total vaccine administered till now: 161,409,693

— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) January 7, 2022

On the other hand, vaccination is also being carried out in the country and in the last 24 hours, 758,688 people have been vaccinated against the virus.

So far 161.49 million 693 doses of vaccine have been administered across Pakistan.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Omicron variant has been found in almost 100 countries, and cases of this new type of Code 19 at community transmission sites are doubling every one and a half to three days.