Six suspected cases of Omicron detected in Karachi
Six suspected cases of Omicron detected in Karachi
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Six suspected cases of new COVID-19 variant Omicron have been detected in Karachi, reported Dunya News on Thursday.
According to the sources issued by Sindh Health Department, six passengers who arrived Pakistan from abroad were detected with COVID-19 and suspected with Omicron strain of the novel virus.
As per details, the genome sequencing of the suspected cases has been started. Out of six passengers who had arrived at Karachi Airport, four came from South Africa while the two came from Britain.
It is pertinent to mention here that all six people were sent to quarantine.
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 2 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,292,406. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 28,894.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 359 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Province-wise Details
Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Till now 13,061 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,658 in Sindh 5,916 in KP, 964 in Islamabad, 746 in Azad Kashmir, 363 in Balochistan, and 186 in GB.
Furthermore 479,890 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 444,380 in Punjab 181,088 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 108,354 in Islamabad, 34,651 in Azad Kashmir 33,614 in Balochistan and 10,429 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Tests and Recoveries
Pakistan has so far conducted 23,000,798 coronavirus tests and 46,564 in the last 24 hours. 1,254,104 patients have recovered in the country whereas 666 patients are in critical condition.
Positivity Ratio
The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 0.77 percent.
Vaccine Statistics
So far, 89,792,114 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 709,754 in last 24 hours. 62,547,553 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 787,613 received their second dose in last 24 hours.
The number of total administered doses has reached to 144,064,235 with 1,352,030 in the last 24 hours.
