Staff Reporter Islamabad
Coronavirus has claimed six more lives in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 28,767 on Sunday.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 372 more people were infected with the virus.
A total of 45,307 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, out of which 372 turned out to be positive, showi ng an infection rate of 0.82 per cent. At present, 854 critical patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country, the NCOC said.
Earlier on December 2, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had urged provinces to speed up the vaccination process amid a rising trend of Omicron variant, a new heavily mutated Covid-19 strain. The forum had discussed the epidemic curve chart data, national vaccine strategy and disease prevalence across the country.
