Number of critical Covid patients drops in Pakistan
NIH data shows everyday tests also go down below 6,000: China reports another daily record of corona cases
November 28, 2022 10:15 AM
Pakistan recorded a steady drop in number of critical patients as the country detected another 28 Covid-19 cases with no fatality during the last 24 hours (Sunday), showed the statistics released by the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Monday morning, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
According to the NIH data, the death toll in the country remained the same at 30,630 whereas the number of total infections now rose to 1,575,125 after adding the fresh 28 cases.
During the last 24 hours (Sunday), 5,783 tests were conducted throughout Pakistan whereas the positivity ratio stood at 0.48 percent. The number of patients in critical care was 28.
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China reports another daily record of Covid cases
The authorities in China reported a fifth straight daily record of 40,347 new Covid-19 infections on November 27, of which 3,822 were symptomatic and 36,525 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
That compares with 39,791 new cases a day earlier – 3,709 symptomatic and 36,082 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.
Excluding imported infections, China reported 40,052 new local cases, of which 3,748 were symptomatic and 36,304 were asymptomatic, up from 39,506 a day earlier.
There were no deaths, compared with one the previous day, keeping fatalities at 5,233. As of Nov. 27, mainland China had confirmed 311,624 cases with symptoms.
Infections rose as hundreds of demonstrators and police clashed in Shanghai on Sunday night as protests over China's stringent Covid restrictions spread to several cities.
Mega-cities Guangzhou and Chongqing, with thousands of cases, are still struggling to contain outbreaks while hundreds of infections were recorded in several cities across the country on Sunday.
China's capital Beijing reported 840 symptomatic and 3,048 asymptomatic cases on Sunday, compared with 747 symptomatic and 3,560 asymptomatic cases the previous day, local government data showed.
Financial hub Shanghai reported 16 symptomatic cases and 128 asymptomatic cases, compared with 11 symptomatic cases and 119 asymptomatic cases a day before, the local health authority reported.
Guangzhou, a city in the south of nearly 19 million people, reported 199 new locally transmitted symptomatic and 7,166 asymptomatic cases, compared with 146 symptomatic and 7,266 asymptomatic cases a day before, local authorities said.
Chongqing reported 238 new symptomatic locally transmitted Covid-19 infections and 9,447 asymptomatic cases, compared with 194 symptomatic and 8,667 asymptomatic cases the previous day, local government authorities said.