Pakistan records 2,452 new corona cases every day

Pakistan has reported 2,452 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 991,727.

According to data from the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), another 30 people died from infections during this period, bringing the death toll to 22,811.
A total of 49,503 samples were tested, of which 2,452 were found to carry the deadly virus. NCOC stated that the infection rate was recorded at 4.95%.
The total number of tests performed to diagnose a pandemic in the country is 15,443,477, and 920,066 people have recovered from COVID-19.

2,532 people are still in critical condition and are being treated in various hospitals in the country.
As of July 19, 22,735,993 doses of vaccines had been vaccinated nationwide, including 18,185,297 doses of partial vaccines and 4,550,696 doses of complete vaccines.
Sources said that on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, Covid-19 vaccination centers across the country will continue to be closed.

At the same time, the positive rate of COVID-19 in Karachi soared to 23% on Sunday due to the highly contagious and deadly variant of the Indian Delta in the metropolis.

According to the data released by the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) of Karachi University, of the 90 samples tested in the ICCBS laboratory on July 14, 83 of them detected the Delta variant, which is 92%.