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COVID-19 spread in country exceeds 3.45%, 653 more people diagnosed with Covid-19

COVID-19 spread in country exceeds 3.45%, 653 more people diagnosed with Covid-19
July 5, 2022 Web Desk

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - COVID-19 tests of 653 more people in the country came positive in 24 hours. The rate of positive cases dropped slightly to 3.45%.

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again across the country. National health officials say 18,950 people were tested for corona in the past 24 hours, of whom 653 were diagnosed with the virus. The condition of 162 patients is said to be critical.

According to National Institute of Health (NIH) officials, the rate of corona cases was 3.45%. The highest rate of 13.33% was recorded in Mardan. The rate of cases in Karachi has come down to 7.92%. In Islamabad, the rate was 4.95 per cent, in Lahore 3.65 per cent, in Faisalabad 2.24 per cent and in Peshawar 2.14 per cent.

The NIH officials further said that the rate of corona cases in Sargodha was 1.98 per cent, 1.71 per cent in Multan, 1.10 per cent in Hyderabad and 1.09 per cent in Gujranwala.