PTI MNA Aftab Siddiqui contracts coronavirus
Pakistan
The MNA told that he carried out COVID-19 test over complaints of fever and cough.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Aftab Siddiqui on Tuesday has contracted coronavirus.
The MNA told that he carried out COVID-19 test over complaints of fever and cough. I have quarantined myself after the diagnosis, he told.
It is to be mentioned here that Aftab Siddiqui had participated in united opposition’s protest on Saturday.
Meanwhile, coronavirus positivity rate in provincial capital of Sindh, Karachi increased to record level of 38.79 percent as country faces fifth wave of the deadly virus fueled by Omicron variant.
439 Omicron patients have been reported in Karachi. The positivity ratio in Hyderabad and Lahore has escalated to 12 percent and 12.9 percent respectively.
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 10 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,333,521. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 29,029 today.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 5,034 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Till now, 13,091 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,703 in Sindh, 5,963 in KP, 969 in Islamabad, 749 in Azad Kashmir, 367 in Balochistan, and 187 in GB.|
Furthermore, 505,930 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 454,372 in Punjab, 182,419 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 111,855 in Islamabad, 34,770 in Azad Kashmir, 33,729 in Balochistan and 10,446 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan has so far conducted 24,239,761 coronavirus tests and 53,253 in the last 24 hours. 1,264,611 patients have recovered in the country whereas 827 patients are in critical condition.
The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 9.45 percent.
So far, 102,107,155 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 318,721 in last 24 hours. 77,485,124 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 442,884 received their second dose in last 24 hours.
The number of total administered doses has reached to 168,365,369 with 784,082 in the last 24 hours.
