As the number of cases in the nation continues to rise, Pakistan records 872 new infections.
In the past day, the country’s optimism rate has decreased to 3.77 percent.
In critical care units, 165 patients are receiving treatment.
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 recorded nine deaths.
165 patients are receiving care in critical care units in the meanwhile.
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 had 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.
