The third wave of Covid-19 has been devastating Pakistan for the past several weeks. Punjab and KP are the two most adversely affected regions of the country in this ongoing wave as the positivity rate of both regions has skyrocketed.  

Of late, the cities of Lower and Upper Dir, Mardan, Nowshera, Malakand, Swat, and Peshawar have been reporting the most number of new cases in KP.

Today, KP's health and finance minister Taimur Khan Jhagra while sharing the latest statistics of the province via Twitter, urged the public to strictly follow the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) put in place by the local authorities so that we can get rid of this infectious disease as soon as possible.

As per Jhagra's tweet, the current COVID-19 situation of KP is as follows:

Total cases: 107,309          

Cases reported in the past 24h: 809   

Tests conducted in the past 24h: 7,027    

The positivity rate in the past 24h: 11.5%    

Total deaths: 2,920     

Deaths reported in the past 24h: 21    

Total active cases: 13,591     

Critical cases: 1,874    

The vibrant minister shared that out of the 1,874 seriously ill patients admitted to the Covid wards, 1,007 patients were on high-flow oxygen. Requesting the public for their compliance, he further wrote:

We are managing but need your help. SOPs will make the difference.