Pakistan logs 371 fresh COVID cases, one death overnight

Meanwhile, Pakistan reported one more death from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, while another 184 were being treated in intensive care units.

What is the BA.5 variant of COVID and why is it re-infecting so many people? BA5, part of the Omicron family, is the latest variant of the coronavirus that is causing a huge wave of infections worldwide. That's on the back of 52% of cases sorted at the end of June, up from 37% a week earlier, according to the latest World Health Organization report. In the United States it is estimated to cause about 65% of infections.