Pakistan reported less than 10 daily coronavirus related deaths over the last 24 hours, for the second consecutive day in a row, according to the National Command and Operation Centre data issued on Monday.
The daily Covid update showed that as many as 37,518 tests were conducted in a single day and 756 positive cases were reported. Moreover, the country’s Covid positivity rate stands at 2.01% and 826 patients are on critical care.
As per the March 6 statistics, Pakistan had also reported seven Covid daily deaths in a single day. Over the last 10 days, the country has been witnessing the slowing of the contagion and the active cases have been below the 30,000 mark.
The NCOC forum, which serves as the nerve centre of the country’s unified efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, also shared the countrywide tally. According to the data, Sindh topped the list with maximum cases, 570,261, followed by Punjab (502,844), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (217,187), Islamabad (134,643), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (43,114), Balochistan (35,388), and Gilgit Baltistan (11,577).
According to medical experts, reduced following of public health measures have contributed to the Covid-19 surge in the country. They have several times stressed the need for practising protective health measures to stem the virus spread.
NCOC head Asad Umar on Sunday said that as many as 100 million people have been “fully vaccinated” against the coronavirus in Pakistan. In a tweet, he had termed the development a “major milestone” in the country’s effort to get rid of the virus and return to normalcy.
“More than 127 million have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccines. We are very close to achieving vaccination of all eligible citizens,” he had said.
The feat was also praised by the World Health Organization Pakistan in a tweet. It appreciated the government's efforts in the fight against Covid-19.
It is pertinent to mention that the countrywide door-to-door vaccination campaign, which started on February 1, had also contributed to the latest milestone to some extent as the country witnessed an increase in the number of vaccinated people after the drive. It was the first phase of the “massive” two-week-long countrywide vaccination campaign to inoculate more than 35 million people.
“As many as 55,000 mobile teams will take part in this campaign that will be conducted across the country. We have trained them and arranged vaccines for them,” NCOC head Asad Umar had said during a press conference on February 1. He was addressing the presser with Special Assistant to the PM on Health Dr Faisal Sultan in Islamabad.
Amid the weakening signs of the fifth wave of coronavirus, the NCOC on March 1 allowed full occupancy at stadiums for the Pakistan-Australia cricket series that will be held in three cities of the country from March 4 to April 5.
