Pakistan’s daily COVID-19 spike crosses 5,000-mark
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan recorded 5,034 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the first time after a period of nearly five and a half months that daily infections exceeded 5,000, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday.
The country recorded 5,661 infections on Aug. 4 last year.
Pakistan’s coronavirus positivity ratio also spiked to 9.45 percent in the last 24 hours as the Omicron variant continues to spread, the NCOC said.
The country also registered 10 more deaths over the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 29,029, the NCOC data showed, with overall cases reaching 1,333,521 after the detection of fresh infections.
