Coronavirus cases continue to decline in Pakistan, with data from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) stating that only four people died over the past 24 hours, and the country reporting only 591 cases of the virus on Sunday.
The highly-contagious coronavirus causes the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
According to data from the government body, the total number of active cases in Pakistan is 10,964 as of August 23.
As many as 591 people tested positive for the coronavirus on August 22, out of a total number of 24,956 who were tested.
The total number of people who have recovered from the virus and tested negative for it amounted to 275,836.
The NCOC stated that there were no patients on ventilators in Baluchistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Out of 1,920 ventilators in the country, 121 are occupied.
The total death toll stands at 6,235.
“A total of 292,765 cases detected so far: Azad Jammu and Kashmir AJK 2,245, Baluchistan 12,507, Gilgit-Baltistan 2,657, Islamabad Capital Territory 15,493, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 35,720, Punjab 96,178, and Sindh 127,965),” stated the NCOC.
Planning Minister Asad Umar had warned earlier this month that the nation must not to fall back into old habits after Covid-19 restrictions were eased in almost all sectors, keeping in mind that the coronavirus is still very much a threat.
The minister had said that he heard people saying that the coronavirus pandemic had been eliminated.
“Ever since this announcement [lifting lockdown restrictions] was made, I have been hearing from people that coronavirus has ended.
“I wish coronavirus would have been eliminated. However, unfortunately, the situation is not like that at the moment.
“We can’t say at this moment that coronavirus has been eliminated,” the minister had said.
Speaking of a decline in cases, Umar had credited the people of Pakistan, saying that they were the “real heroes” with whose co-operation the government had managed to bring about a drastic reduction in the infection.
“Whatever steps were taken by the state and the government, could not have been effective if the public had not co-operated,” he said. “A large part of the society helped the government.”
“I would like to thank the media as well for sending our message to the public on what to do [to ward off the coronavirus],” he added.