ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday said that second wave of COVID-19 was more dangerous than the first wave.

“The people should wear masks to protect themselves,” she asked in a statement issued from Lahore.

She said the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was holding public gatherings and putting human lives in danger for their own interest.

Fifty-five more people died of Coronavirus in Pakistan over the last 24 hours.

According to the latest statistics, 3,262 tested positive for COVID-19 during the last twenty-four hours after the tests of 44,627 people.

The figure of patients recovered from the virus has reached 350,305. There are now 51,507 active cases in the country.