The country on Saturday reported 12 deaths and 847 new coronavirus cases
Tahir Ali
ISLAMABAD
The daily-confirmed coronavirus cases have started increasing again, giving rise to the concern that Pakistan is experiencing a second wave of Covid-19.
According to National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) latest figures, the country on Saturday reported 12 deaths and 847 new coronavirus cases. Since August 8, daily cases of the virus, for the first time, have surpassed 800-mark when the country had reported 841 infections and 14 deaths. The deaths remained in double digit for the fifth consecutive day, as the virus took 12 more lives in the country.
With the new infections, the number of total confirmed cases in the country has reached 327,063 while the virus has killed 6,727 people across Pakistan so far. At least 455 more patients recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of healed people to 310,101 (94.8%). Pakistan has currently 10,235 (3.2%) active cases, 586 patients amongst them in critical conditions.
Mid-June was the peak of coronavirus in Pakistan when the country reported more than 5000 infections and over 100 deaths on a daily basis.
When it comes to most affected regions, Sindh province is leading with 143,222 infections followed by Punjab with 102,467 cases. Similarly, 38,923 cases have been detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 18,764 in Islamabad, 15791 in Balochistan and 3,748 and 4,148 cases were detected in AJK and Gilgit Baltistan respectively.
Last week, Prime Minister Imran Khan had warned about the resurgence of coronavirus cases in polluted environment of the country’s urban area especially during the months of October and November.
Meanwhile, the health authorities are continuously advising the people to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) to avoid the winter resurgence of the coronavirus. The NCOC is also considering the restrictive curbs if the people failed to follow SOPs set by the government.
