Islamabad: Pakistan’s hospitals are under acute burden of COVID-19 cases given the spike in numbers during the third wave that is described as being faster and deadlier than the first two in the country.
Asad Umar, Head of the National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC) and Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiative, in a tweet cautioned that the coronavirus situation was worsening with more patients arriving in critical care units as compared to the peak time in June 2020.
“There are more than 4,500 critical COVID-19 patients in the country now, 30 per cent higher than the number in June,” said the NCOC head.