According to data from the National Institute of Health, Islamabad (NIH), 599 more persons contracted COVID-19 throughout the course of the previous day, pushing the total number of active COVID-19 cases in Pakistan above the 10,000 threshold once more.
On July 16, when there were 10,032 active cases, the number of cases exceeded 10,000 for the last time.In addition, Pakistan’s overall COVID-19 case count increased to 1,548,394.
In the meantime, 3 coronavirus patients died overnight, bringing the nation’s COVID-19 death toll to 30,455, while 265 patients recovered.
But 170 individuals are still receiving care in intensive care units.
The Omicron family’s newest coronavirus variation, BA5, is responsible for substantial infection waves across the globe.
According to the most recent data from the World Health Organization, it was behind 52% of cases that had been sequenced by late June, up from 37% in one week.It is believed to be the cause of around 65% of illnesses in the US. BA5 is not a new product. It was first found in January, and the WHO has been keeping an eye on it since April.
It is a sister variant of the Omicron strain that has been prevalent globally since the end of 2021 and has already led to increases in case rates – evenless rigorously tested – in places like Australia, the United Kingdom, some parts of Europe, and South Africa, where it was initially identified.
The number of coronavirus cases has been rising for four weeks straight, according to WHO data.
