Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Thursday that 268 cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in the province so far. Most of these cases have occurred due to local transmission of the virus.
CM Sindh said that so far 268 cases of Omicron have been confirmed while 95 cases have been reported from December 28 to January 02.
“These 95 cases have been detected after 133 samples were sent for genome-sequencing, showing the presence of new cases of the variant in the province,” he said.
The chief minister while confirming the local transmission of the new variant said that some cases have been found in people having a travel history while most of them were locally transmitted.
The masses should adopt strict precautionary measures to avoid contracting the Omicron variant, he said.
In other alarming news, the positivity ratio of Covid19 cases in Karachi has reached beyond nine per cent.
According to the Sindh health department, the positivity ratio has reached 9.23 per cent, a day after it was reported at 8.91 per cent, showing an alarming increase of around 0.5 per cent in a day.
It further shared that 1085 Covid-19 cases have been reported in the province while 636 patients are currently being treated at the intensive care units of the province.
