ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported the highest daily COVID-19 cases ever since the pandemic began in 2020, when 8,183 people tested positive overnight, National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) data shows. showed on Friday morning, as cases continue to rise. of the Omicron version.
Meanwhile, the daily COVID-19 death toll also hit a new high since October 6, 2021, as 30 more people succumbed to the virus overnight. A total of 39 people died of COVID-19 on October 6, 2021.
According to the data released by the NCOC, 68,624 diagnostic tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours out of which 8,183 came back positive, taking the total number of cases reported so far to 1,402,070.
Meanwhile, 1,786 people infected with COVID-19 recovered overnight, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,274,657. With the detection of new cases, the country's current positivity rate rose to 11.92 per cent, while the number of active cases stands at 98,221.
Meanwhile in Karachi, 15 more people died overnight due to complications of COVID-19 in Sindh, including 9 in Karachi, while 444 patients were undergoing treatment in various hospitals, out of which 382 patients The condition of 25 was stated to be critical, while the condition of 25 was stated to be critical. life support, officials said on Friday.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said in his daily COVID-19 status report on Friday, "Around 15 more patients of coronavirus infection died overnight in Sindh, taking the death toll to 7,800 and 2,111 new cases." Returns."
Murad Ali Shah Shah said that 16,975 samples were tested, out of which 2,111 cases were detected, with a case positivity detection rate of 12.4 per cent and added that 7,537,374 tests have been conducted so far, out of which 535,835 cases have been diagnosed. Out of them, 89.1 percent or 477,749 patients have been cured, including. Overnight 791.
The CM said that currently 50,286 patients are undergoing treatment; Of them, 49,802 were in home isolation, 40 in isolation centers and 444 in different hospitals and it said the condition of 382 patients was reported as critical, of whom 25 were shifted to ventilators. According to him, 2,111 new cases have been detected from Karachi, including 463 from South, 405 East, 213 Malir, 208 Central, 160 West and 119 Korangi.
While the remaining districts have Hyderabad 138, Sanghar 45, Sukkur and Mirpurkhas 32 each, Matiyari 30, Tando Muhammad Khan 27, Tharparkar 24, Jamshoro 21, Sujawal 20, Shaheed Benazirabad 19, Tando Allahyar and Thatta 17 each, Badin 16, Ghotki and There are 14 cases in Umerkot, 13 in Kashmore, 11 in Nausherofiroz, 10 each in Khairpur, Larkana and Shikarpur and seven in Jacobabad.
Sharing the vaccination data, the Chief Minister said that till January 27, 33,958,540 vaccine doses have been given, and during the last 24 hours 175,056 people have been vaccinated - a total of 34,133,596 vaccine doses which is the proportion of the vaccineable population. 61.16 percent.