Data from the National Institute of Health in Islamabad showed that 5 more COVID-19 patients died in Pakistan over the course of the previous night, bringing the country’s total number of coronavirus deaths to 30,445.
COVID-19
However, the nation’s COVID-19 positivity rate fell further as only 492 people were discovered to be infected.
After diagnostic tests on 20,361 samples, new infections were found, bringing Pakistan’s COVID-19 positivity rate to 2.42 percent and its overall coronavirus case count to 1,546,744.
Over the past 24 hours, 957 patients have recovered from the illness. With the additional deaths and recoveries, Pakistan now has 9,707 active COVID-19 cases.
Pakistan Cases
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But 169 patients are still receiving care in critical care facilities.
National Institute of Health
based on a previous report According to data from the National Institute of Health, Islamabad (NIH), Pakistan reported 779 new infections in a single day, raising the spectre of daily COVID-19 cases once more.
On July 9, 732 infections were discovered, which was the last time Pakistan reported more than 700 cases.
Diagnostic testing on 22,099 samples from across the nation led to the discovery of the new infections, raising Pakistan’s COVID-19 positivity rate to 3.53 percent and the overall case count to 1,544,910 in the process.
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The total number of active COVID-19 cases now stands at 9,665 following the latest deaths and recoveries.
BA.4 and BA.5
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.
World Health Organization
based on a research report The head of the World Health Organization bemoaned Tuesday that recent increases in COVID infections show the pandemic is far from over and issued a warning that the virus is in the wild.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed concern over the rising case numbers that we’re taxing the healthcare system and its staff.
The Omicron sub-variants and the lifting of control measures were the primary causes of the 30% increase in COVID cases reported to the WHO in the last two weeks.
“The virus is still very much active, as evidenced by new waves. We must push back against the virus as it pushes at us “He was adamant.
At a press conference, he stated that as transmission rises, governments must also implement tried-and-true strategies like mask use and better ventilation.
Tedros stated that sub-variants of Omicron, such as BA.4 and BA.5, continue to be a major cause of cases, hospitalizations, and fatalities worldwide.
“Surveillance, including testing and sequencing, has significantly decreased, making it more challenging to assess the impact of variants on transmission, disease characteristics, and the efficacy of preventative measures.”
Additionally, the use of examinations, therapies, and vaccines is ineffective.
He stated that, both in terms of the hospitalisation of acute cases and the rising number of people with Long COVID, “the virus is running freely and countries are not effectively managing the disease burden based on their capacity.”
The COVID-19 emergency committee of the WHO convened via video conference on Friday and determined that the pandemic continues to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the most serious warning the organization can issue.
The recent changes in testing regulations, according to WHO emergency director Michael Ryan, are making it more difficult to identify cases and track the development of viruses.
According to a statement released by the WHO on Monday, the committee emphasized the need to reduce transmission because it would be difficult to predict the effects of a pandemic brought on by a new respiratory virus.
The group expressed worry over sharp testing cuts that would lead to less surveillance and genomic sequencing.
This, according to the WHO, “hinders assessments of currently circulating and emerging variants of the virus,” making it harder to decipher trends in transmission.
According to the committee, the course of viral evolution and the traits of newly emerging variants are still “uncertain and unpredictable.”
According to the report, there is a greater chance of “new, fitter variants emerging, with varying degrees of virulence, transmissibility, and immune escape potential” if there are no measures in place to stop the spread of the disease.
