-4,136 micro-small lockdowns in place; positivity rate reaches 16.69% in Hyderabad, 15.38% in Gilgit, 7.48% in Islamabad
By Asghar Ali Mubarak
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in its session on Monday expressed concern over soaring rate of COVID-19 positive cases in the country.
A review meeting of the NCOC, chaired by federal minister Asad Umar, thoroughly discussed soaring rate of novel coronavirus positive cases and enforcement of precautionary measures in the country. The NCOC meeting expressed concern over the increasing ratio of positive cases in country, which has reached to 4.5 percent.
“Positive rate of coronavirus cases rapidly increasing in big cities, which is at maximum in 15 major cities of the country,” it was observed in the NCOC meeting. “Maximum positive rate of coronavirus cases has been reported 16.59 percent in Hyderabad,” the meeting observed.
“The rate of positive cases in Gilgit is 15.38 percent and Multan at 15.97 pct,” the meeting was informed.
Mover the rate of positive cases in Muzaffarabad was recorded 14.12% and 11.11% in Mirpur Azad Kashmir.
Islamabad have 7.48 pct, Karachi 7.12 percent, Lahore 5.37 pct and Rawalpindi 4.63 percent ratio of positive coronavirus cases.
