Karachi has confirmed its first Omicron case on Thursday, taking the number of confirmed cases of this new variant of Covid in Pakistan to one.
According to the Sindh Health Department, Omicron has been confirmed in a woman in a private hospital in Karachi. It should be noted that 1.288 million people were infected with coronavirus in Pakistan while 28,803 civilians have died so far due to the virus.
The provincial health department’s media coordinator, Mehar Khursheed, confirmed the detection of the first Omicron case in a woman from Karachi. She said the infected woman was admitted for treatment at Aga Khan University Hospital and was unvaccinated.
The 65-year-old has been discharged from the hospital and is currently isolated at home, according to a notification from the District Health Office in Karachi’s East district. She does not have a travel history.
According to the notification, the rapid response team was “taken on board immediately” for tracing, testing, quarantining, vaccination and other preventive measures to control the infection’s spread as per the guidelines of the National Command and Operation Centre.
According to figures released by the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), 350 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours across the country, while 10 more civilians have lost their lives to the virus.
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During the last 24 hours, 46,697 tests were performed to diagnose coronavirus, bringing the total number of tests to 2,23,85,347. Across the country, the virus test result was positive at 0.74 percent while the condition of 771 patients is critical.
During the last 24 hours, 2,355 people defeated coronavirus across the country, bringing the total number of healthy people to 1,249,421. Mortality remains at 2.2 percent.
