Pakistan COVID-19
Pakistan witnessing rise in COVID-19 deaths, experts believe 'lethal' second wave hit nation
Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a sudden rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and even recorded the highest single-day coronavirus death toll in four months when the infection claimed 34 lives on November 11, media reports said.
The last time the country reported over 30 deaths was on July 24 when 35 people lost their lives. A total of 7,055 people have succumbed to the coronavirus in the nine months since the pandemic reached Pakistan, reports Geo News.
The NCOC reported 1,808 new cases across the country in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 349,992. A total of 784 people recovered from the virus, bringing the tally of recovered cases to 320,849, the Pakistan-based news channel reported.
Pakistani officials have admitted that a second wave of the virus has now hit Pakistan.
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has already cautioned against the deadly second wave and urged people to follow the SOPs, reports Geo News.
An expert said the lethality of the virus, which is believed to have originated from China, is more intense in the second wave.
“The Covid-19 patients we are receiving at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Islamabad have been found to be more severely ill than before,” Professor of Endocrinology/Medicine Dr Rauf Niazi told The News International.
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