Coronavirus cases on the rise in Pakistan

–Nearly 800 new coronavirus infections, 7 deaths reported across country

ISLAMABAD: Amid a gentle rise being witnessed within the coronavirus infection, another 798 people were tested positive during the past 24 hours, raising the over variety of cases in Pakistan to 309,015.

The latest figures released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Friday morning show that an equivalent period also saw seven coronavirus patients dying. As a result, the price has now reached 6,444. Sindh continues to be the foremost affected province within the country, where 135,246 people have thus far contracted the virus.

The similar figures for other provinces and regions are: Punjab 98,864, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 37,525, Islamabad 16,324, Balochistan 14,838, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) 3,608 and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) 2,610. Meanwhile, 348 people fully recovered from the infection caused by the coronavirus during the past 24 hours, thus increasing the general number of recoveries to 294,740.

It means the amount of closed cases [deaths + recoveries] within the country now stands at 301,184. On the opposite hand, the active cases have again surged to 7,831 after dipping below the 6,000 level, as more people are contracting the virus in recent days, especially after the reopening of educational institutions.

Of these active cases, 544 patients are in critical condition and being treated within the medical care units of various hospitals across the country. As far because the testing cares , 37,504 tests were administered in Pakistan during the past 24 hours after which the general number increased to three ,344,019.

As many as 39,296 students were randomly tested for the novel coronavirus at 763 schools across Punjab, consistent with the first and Secondary Healthcare Department. Of them, 38,716 samples came back negative while 81 students were clothed to be positive.

Meanwhile, 26 new coronavirus cases are detected at educational institutions of Balochistan, the health department said on Friday. With the newest detection of the Covid-19 cases, the amount of total cases that are reported at the tutorial institutions of Balochistan stands at 406. The health department has conducted 4,237 tests thus far to detect the deadly virus within the educational institutions.