Omicron variant: Pakistan reaches highest Covid cases since start of pandemic

Since the pandemic began in 2020, Pakistan has recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases — 7,678 — in the last 24 hours, up from 6,808, the second-highest daily toll, according to official numbers released Friday morning.

According to data from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the largest daily toll was recorded on June 13, 2020, when the country reported 6,825 coronavirus cases.

With the latest illnesses, the total number of infections has surpassed 1.35 million. In the meantime, 59,343 tests were performed in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 12.93 percent.