In Pakistan, 708 new COVID 19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours with a positivity rate of 1.55 per cent, National Command and Operation Centre NCOC said on Monday.
The NCOC said on January 22: Total tests in last 24 hours: 45,643 Positive Cases: 708 Positivity 1.55% Deaths: 2 Patients on Critical Care: 642.
According to Dawn newspaper, Pakistan's Sindh province reported 415 coronaviruses on Monday. Punjab province reported 217 cases with one death, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported 39 cases with one death, Islamabad reported 35 cases and Pakistan occupied Kashmir reported two coronaviruses cases yesterday.
According to The News International, Pakistan may experience the fifth wave of COVID 19 in the mid of February 2022 with daily detection of around 3,000 -- 4,000 cases per day as community transmission of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2.
The transmission of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 has started in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad and there is a rise in COVID 19 cases all over the country in the coming two weeks.