By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Wednesday reported two casualties from Covid-19 and 22 new cases while 14 patients were in critical condition across Pakistan.
According to the daily data released on Wednesday, during the last 24 hours, 5126 tests were conducted nationwide, out of which results of 22 came back positive with an infection rate of 0.43 percent. NIH reported two deaths due to the coronavirus 1 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 1 from Sindh.
Lahore remained on the top with the highest positive cases, as many as 7, with a positivity ratio of 1.68 percent. Four 412 cases were conducted to detect the virus in Islamabad, and three came positive.
Covid claimed 30,638 lives so far
Covid-19 has so far claimed 30,638 lives in Pakistan. It is important to mention that earlier, NIH confirmed that the XXB omicron variant was confirmed in Pakistan, and a total of 29 cases of this variant have been reported. However, NIH denied the rumors about detecting the BF-7 variant, which recently caused havoc in China.
According to reports, the new coronavirus strain causing an outbreak in China is a subvariant of the highly contagious Omicron variant known as BF.7 or BA.5.2.1.7. The risk of the new strain entering Pakistan has grown with the lifting the lockdown in China and freedom of travel.
While presiding over the review meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz expressed satisfaction that Pakistan’s Covid-19 crisis was under control but gave the relevant authorities instructions to ensure that children between the ages of 5 and 12 were vaccinated immediately. He gave instructions to substantially enhance border and airport screening.
