-Followed by Karachi, Peshawar at highest positivity ratio
-3,308 new infections, 58 deaths reported across country
By Ajmal Khan Yousafzai
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Sunday the countrywide positivity ratio of Covid-19 cases was recorded 7.94 per cent in the past 24 hours.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Mirpur recorded the highest positivity ratio at 22pc followed by Karachi 17.39pc, Peshawar 16.02pc, Rawalpindi 11.26pc, Hyderabad 10.36, Muzaffarabad 6.76pc, Gilgit 6.67pc, Quetta 6.19pc, Islamabad 6.16pc, Lahore 5.47pc, Swat 4.64pc, Faisalabad 3.98, Multan 1.89pc and Abbottabad 1.59pc. Province-wise, Balochistan recorded the highest Covid-19 positivity ratio which was 11.62pc, followed by Sindh 11.47pc, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 11.29pc, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 10.83pc, and Punjab 4.42pc.
2,436 of the total Covid-19 patients under treatment are said to be in critical condition, out of whom 327 are on vents across the country, including 85 in Lahore, 45 in Multan, 20 in Rawalpindi, 82 in Karachi, 38 in Islamabad and 51 in Peshawar. As many as 3,308 new cases of the coronavirus were reported across the country during the past 24 hours, pushing the national tally of infections to 416,499.
According to the NCOC, 58 more people succumbed to the infection during this period, taking the death toll from the disease to 8,361.
A total of 41,645 samples were tested in the previous 24 hours, out of which 3,308 turned out to be positive. The number of active cases has risen to 53,126 while 2,483 people recuperated from the disease yesterday taking the tally of those defeating the highly contagious pathogen to 355,000.
