21 die as COVID-19 cases spike throughout Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded over 100,000 active COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day. 

The Omicron variant continues to spread across the country during the pandemic's fifth wave, according to data from the National Command and Operation Centre's (NCOC).

As per the most recent official statistics, the new cases were identified during the last 24 hours following the completion of 61,077 diagnostic tests across the country, putting Pakistan's positivity rate at 11.53 per cent and the case count at 1.425 million.

Unfortunately, 21 additional individuals had died as a result of the sickness in the last 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 29,269.