Staff Reporter
Islamabad
With 1,502 new Coronavirus cases reported during the past 24 hours, Pakistan recorded its highest daily count in over three months. This raises the overall number of infections to 341,753.
The daily count is continuously on the rise since October 30 when 807 people were diagnosed with the virus, representing an over 87 percent increase in the number.
On the other hand, another 20 coronavirus patients died on Friday after which the death toll in the country jumped to 6,943, showed the latest figures released by National Command and Operation Centre on Saturday. The region-wise coronavirus cases is as: Sindh 148,922, Punjab 106,208, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 40,285, Islamabad 21,302, Balochistan 16,041, Azad Kashmir 4,652 and Gilgit-Baltistan 4,343.
It means the trend is persistent with most of these new coronavirus infections reported in Sindh, Punjab and Islamabad.
Meanwhile, the number of active cases in the country jumped to 16,912 with the net addition of over 600 new patients. There was again an increase in hospitalisation rate as the number reached 1,057 against 995 reported a day earlier. Sensing an urgent need for steps to check the coronavirus spread, the NCOC directed public and private companies to implement a 50% “work from home” policy.
In Karachi administration has imposed strict SOPs and made wearing mask in public places mandatory, fines of Rs13,000 were collected from 26 persons for not wearing masks.
After the increase in Coronavirus cases action was initiated against those violating the Coronavirus SOPs. On Friday, the administration collected Rs13,000 from 26 people for violating Coronavirus SOPs. Some citizens followed the SOPs, but most were still not serious.
