Pak likely to record 1.2 mn COVID-19 cases by July-end
Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said: "We are in mid-June and our positive cases are reaching near to 150,000.
By : migrator
Update: 2020-06-15 04:52 GMT
Islamabad
The current trajectory of the spread of COVID-19 in Pakistan hinted that the cases could double by the end of June and was likely to reach 1.2 million by the end of July, a Minister said.
Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said: "We are in mid-June and our positive cases are reaching near to 150,000.
"With a heavy heart, I have to say that Pakistan's confirmed COVID-19 case tally could even reach 1 million to 1.2 million by the end of next month," reports Xinhua news agency.
Umar added that the projections are neither predictions nor a certainty and that the spread of the virus can be stopped if the government and people work together against it.
As of Monday morning, the number of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan reached 139,230, with 2,632 deaths.
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