3499 new cases of Coronavirus surfaced in the country after the tests of 42,904 over the last twenty-four hours.

According to the latest statistics, 39 more people died of the virus during the last twenty-four hours.

The figure of patients recovered from the virus has reached 346,951. There are now 51,654 active cases in the country.

Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Wednesday said the people were not supporting the government in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as they were assuming that coronavirus was not a danger for them.

Talking to a private news channel, he said during the first wave of coronavirus, political,social and religious leadership were on same page but unfortunately that position was not being sighted in the second wave of the deadly virus.

The minister said the government adopted stance that not to imposed complete lockdown in the country during the first wave of coronavirus and still it was stood with its first time stance in that regard.

He said the opposition attitude was inappropriate during the second wave of coronavirus, adding according to the National Command and Control’s (NCC) decisions people could not hold gathering more then 300 figure.