ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 6,047 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours on Wednesday.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), a total of 61,190 samples were tested, out of which 6,047 turned out to be positive, showing the infection rate of 9.88% as compared to yesterday’s 9.65 per cent.
The nationwide tally of confirmed infections rose to 1,436,413 with the addition of 6,047 fresh cases.
As many as 29 patients succumbed to the viral disease in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 29,330. The NCOC said the number of patients in critical care in various hospitals across the country rose to 1,559.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Pakistan has conducted overall 25,134,775 tests to diagnose the coronavirus including 61,190 tests during the past 24 hours.
Addressing a news conference along with Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr. Faisal Sultan in Islamabad, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said under the first phase of the campaign, fifty-five thousand mobile teams would vaccinate people at their homes for the next two months.
He said thirty-five million people are expected to be vaccinated in the first phase.
