-Covid positivity rate highest at 13.84%, lowest at 0.62%
-Overall positivity rate stands at 5.92%
-55 more fall prey to Covid-19
-Smart lockdown imposed in parts of Karachi
By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: The positivity rate of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday has been recorded highest in Karachi up to 13.84 per cent and lowest in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region up to 0.62 per cent.
The overall positivity rate of novel coronavirus cases stands at 5.92, whereas, the number of critical patients is 2,219 in the country.
The positivity rate was recorded 2.14 pc in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), 4.95 pc in Balochistan, 0.62 pc in GB, 4.44 pc in Punjab, 3.98 pc in Islamabad, 5.87 pc in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 8.4 pc in Sindh, 4.9 pc in Rawalpindi, 6.12 pc in Lahore, 4.21 pc in Faisalabad, 4.85 pc in Multan, 8.79 in Hyderabad, 7.21 pc in Peshawar, 7.89 pc in Swat, 9.94 pc in Quetta and 1.79 pc in Muzaffarabad.The statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre has shown that the coronavirus pandemic claims 55 more lives, whereas, 2,155 new infections were reported during the last 24 hours.
In the past 24 hours, 55 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 10,047. 4,619 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 2,219 patients are in critical condition.
