Pakistan sees 10 additional deaths from the coronavirus

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Pakistan has experienced a dramatic rise in coronavirus mortality during the previous 24 hours, despite the fact that the number of illnesses was essentially unchanged from the day before (Friday).

Pakistan has recorded 10 deaths during the past 24 hours, with nine of them occurring in Sindh and one in Punjab, according to information issued by the National Institute of Health Pakistan on Saturday morning (Friday).

Additionally, 737 Covid-19 cases were detected in Pakistan over the past 24 hours (Friday), down from 779 the day before.

According to NIH figures, the country's death toll rose to 30,438 following the addition of the 10 fatalities, while the total number of infections increased to 1,545,647 after the addition of the 737 new cases.

22,451 tests were performed nationwide during the past 24 hours (Friday), with a positivity rate of 3.28 percent. 189 people were counted as critical care patients.

Again, Lahore recorded the highest positivity ratio at 6.61 percent, followed by Hyderabad at 5.2 percent, Islamabad at 2.97 percent, Hyderabad at 2.83 percent, Peshawar at 5.22 percent, Karachi at 4.82 percent, Swabi at 4.76 percent, Mardan at 3.95 percent, Skardu at 3.85 percent, Muzaffarabad at 2.78 percent, and Islamabad at 2.14 percent.BA.5 Omicron subvariant 4 times more resistant to vaccination, according to study

According to a recent study published in Nature, the BA.5 Omicron subvariant, which is currently the predominant coronavirus strain in the US, is four times more resistant to Covid-19 vaccinations.

The variation, which includes the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, is four times more resistant to messenger RNA vaccines than earlier strains of Omicron, according to the study, according to Xinhua news agency.

According to a paper released by the Mayo Clinic on Thursday, the strain is "hypercontagious" and is a factor in rising hospitalisation and ICU admission rates.According to the most recent statistics from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ry occurred in the week ending July 9.

India reports 20,044 new cases and 56 fatalities.

According to Health Ministry data updated on Saturday, the number of Covid-19 cases in India climbed by 20,044 in a day to reach 4,37,30,071 while the number of active cases jumped to 1,40,760.

The figures updated at 8 am showed that 56 more deaths had brought the total death toll to 5,25,660.

According to the ministry, the number of active cases rose by 1,687 in a single day to represent 0.32 percent of all infections, with a national recovery rate of 98.48 percent.

Weekly optimism was 4.4 percent, compared to a daily positivity rate of 4.8 percent.

65 percent of Covid-19 cases in the nation in 2016 were caused by the BA.5 strain.4,30,63,651 individuals had recovered from the illness overall, and the case fatality rate was 1.2 percent.

The ministry reports that 199.71 crore doses of the Covid vaccination have been given across the nation.

There have been 27 fresh fatalities, with 10 from Maharashtra, five from West Bengal, two from Gujarat, one from Himachal Pradesh, one from Uttar Pradesh, and one each from Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand.