ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development and Head of the National Command Operations Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar on Monday said that the country’s oxygen supply capacity is now under stress amid the third wave of coronavirus.
In his tweet, Umar said: “Hospital fill up continuing to grow. Critical care patients now above 4500, which is 30% higher than peak in June last year. Oxygen supply capacity in the country is now under stress. Sop compliance remains low. We are making a huge mistake by not following sop’s.”
In another tweet, he added: “Global covid cases exceeding 750,000 per day and deaths more than 13,000. We are seeing some of the worst numbers since covid started. Our neighborhood in severe crises. Daily deaths in Iran more than 300 and India more than 1600. Need for safety precautions greater than ever.”
The novel coronavirus has claimed 73 more lives in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 16,316.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) statistics on Covid-19, the country reported 73 more deaths due to the pandemic, while 5,152 new cases were reported during the said period.
The national tally of confirmed cases climbed to 761,437.
