Pakistan’s COVID positive rating declines somewhat after reaching 3% – Baaghi TV

Pakistan documented 532 COVID-19 cases in the last twenty-four hours.
The nation’s positivity ratio is 2.74 percent.
Overnight, COVID-19 claims three other lives.

Sunday morning’s data from the National Institute of Health in Islamabad (NIH) indicated that the COVID-19 positive ratio in Pakistan had decreased slightly after approaching 3% for several days.

Pakistan recorded 532 COVID-19 cases in the previous twenty-four hours, putting the country’s coronavirus positivity rate at 2.74 percent. After diagnostic testing on 19,402 samples, new illnesses were found.

In addition, the virus took the lives of three additional persons overnight, bringing the COVID-19 death toll in the country to 30,467.

One hundred seventy-nine coronavirus patients are now being treated in ICUs of various medical facilities across the country.

Why is COVID BA.5 variation reinfecting so many individuals?

BA5, a member of the Omicron family, is the most recent coronavirus variant to trigger global epidemics.

According to the most recent report from the World Health Organization, it was responsible for 52% of cases sequenced in late June, up from 37% a week prior. It is believed to be responsible for over 65% of infections in the United States.

Increasing cases

BA5 is not a new technology. It was first found in January, and the WHO has been monitoring it since April.

It is a sister variety of the Omicron strain that has been dominating globally since the end of 2021 and has already caused surges in case rates – even with reduced testing – in countries such as South Africa, where it was initially discovered, the United Kingdom, and portions of Europe and Australia.

According to WHO data, the number of coronavirus cases worldwide has increased for four consecutive weeks.

Why is it propagating?

Like its closely related sibling BA4, BA5 is adept at escaping the immunological protection provided by immunization or previous infection.

“BA5 has a growth edge over the other circulating sub-lineages of Omicron,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical head on COVID-19, at a Tuesday news conference.

Many individuals are reinfected, frequently even shortly after having COVID-19. According to Van Kerkhove, the WHO is evaluating allegations of re-infections.

“There is abundant evidence that patients infected with Omicron are also infected with BA5.” Gregory Poland, a virologist and vaccine researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, stated as much.

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