Pakistan
Pandemic on the rise as national Covid-19 positivity ratio hits 10.43pc
Islamabad: The national positivity rate has been recorded at 10.43 percent as Covid-19 cases across the country continue to soar, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) told on Monday.
The NCOC confirmed the upward trend in cases and infections at the beginning of March, after it noticed a fall earlier in the year when the number of new cases was reduced to around 1,000.
Statistics 2nd April 21:
— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) April 2, 2021
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 50,170
Positive Cases: 5234
Positivity % : 10.43%
Deaths : 83
Yesterday, the positivity ratio in the country was 9.93%.
On the other hand, Pakistan's coronavirus tally on Friday reached 678,165 with the detection of 5,234 new cases in the last 24 hours, with authorities linking the uptick in numbers to the third wave of the deadly outbreak across the country.
According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 5,283 cases of coronavirus were reported while 83 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 14,613.
The total number of confirmed cases reached to 678,165.
As many as 607,205 patients have recovered from the disease with 3,384 critical cases.
Vaccination drive
On March 10, the vaccination drive for 60 above began across Pakistan. The senior citizens are being administered the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine.
On March 30, the government opened coronavirus vaccination registration for people who are 50 and above.
The drive kick-started in February with healthcare workers being administered the jab in the first phase.
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