Nine COVID-19 patients passed away in the past day, worsening the situation in Pakistan ahead of Eid, according to data from the National Institute of Health in Islamabad (NIH) released on Thursday morning.
After more than three months, Pakistan’s coronavirus death toll significantly increased; on March 8, 2022, the nation last reported nine deaths.
Additionally, the nation recorded 872 new cases in a single day, bringing its COVID-19 positivity rate to 3.77 percent. After diagnostic tests were performed on 23,125 samples, the new infections were found.
COVID-19 Statistics 07 July 2022
— NIH Pakistan (@NIH_Pakistan) July 7, 2022
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 23,125
Positive Cases: 872
Positivity %: 3.77%
Deaths: 09
Patients on Critical Care: 165
165 patients are receiving care in critical care units in the meantime.
Due to escape mutations that give them an advantage, experts attribute the increase in COVID-19 cases in Pakistan to two sub-variants of the Omicron variant, known as BA.4 and BA.5.
They claim that the sub-variants have been spreading to individuals who have already received a vaccination or who have already contracted COVD-19, but there is no proof that these individuals are developing a serious illness as a result of the sub-variants.
