Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday reported vaccination of 100,000 people in 24 hours as the third wave of COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in the country recording the highest number of single-day fatalities since the outbreak of the virus last year.
According to Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiative and head of the National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar the daily vaccinations crossed 100,000 in a day (Tuesday) for the first time.
Pakistan’s total number of vaccinations by Wednesday was 2.1 million, the minister said in a tweet adding it was good to see more people were registering.
The minister also urged people aged 40 and above to register themselves for vaccination.
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.