LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The nation on Thursday registered 3,495 new cases over the last 24 hours, receiving back an alarming transmission rate of 7.8 percent, the government said. The incumbent surge in the national positivity rate is “alarming” and may herald further increases in the near future, health experts and authorities warned. Currently, there are 24,592 active Covid-19 cases in the country, with 2,062 of them in critical condition, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said. Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations has urged people to adopt health guidelines as fears grew that the country was now in the grip of a third wave of Covid-19. VACCINATION DRIVE:Authorities have administered at least 72,882 doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far.

Source: Pakistan Today March 18, 2021 13:07 UTC