Highest covid positivity ratio recorded in Hyderabad at 24.59pc: NCOC
Last updated on: 18 December,2020 12:00 pm
The positivity rate of coronavirus across the country has touched 7.59 percent.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The highest positivity ratio of coronavirus in Pakistan has been recorded in Hyderabad at 24.59 percent, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) reported on Friday.
According to details, the positivity rate across the country has touched 7.59 percent. Hyderabad is followed by Karachi and Rawalpindi with 17.71 and 17.21 percent positive ratio.
The COVID-19 positivity ratio in Sindh is 10.69 percent, in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) 9.30 percent, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 8.66 percent, in Balochistan 7.59 percent, in Punjab 3.8 percent, in Islamabad 3.6 percent and in Gilgit-Baltistan 1.63 percent.
Among cities, positivity rate in Abbottabad is 14.49 percent, in Muzaffarabad 13.57 percent, in Peshawar 9.28 percent, in Lahore and Mirpur 8.08 percent, in Swat 6.96 percent, in Quetta 5.65 percent, in Faisalabad 3.79 percent and in Multan 3.40 percent.
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 83 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 451,494. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 9,164. 2,972 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Punjab has overtaken Sindh in most number of casualties.
Till now 201,080 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 130,122 in Punjab, 54,021 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 17,868 in Balochistan, 35,700 in Islamabad, 7,893 in Azad Kashmir and 4,810 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Furthermore 3,522 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 3,270 in Sindh, 1,511 in KP, 177 in Balochistan, 385 in Islamabad, 200 in Azad Kashmir and 99 in GB.
Pakistan has so far conducted 6,216,060 coronavirus tests and 39,171 in the last 24 hours. 399,852 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 2,447 patients are in critical condition.