Coronavirus positivity ratio increases in parts of country

Coronavirus positivity ratio increases in parts of country

PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – The latest wave of coronavirus has badly affected the people living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

According to details, the positivity ratio in Malankand was recorded as 44 percent, 32 percent in Kohat, 25 percent in Peshawar and 22 percent in Charsadda.

Lahore has witnessed 13.9 percent coronavirus positivity ratio.

On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 29 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,436,413. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 29,330.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 6,047 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 13,185 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,840 in Sindh 6,009 in KP, 982 in Islamabad, 758 in Azad Kashmir, 368 in Balochistan, and 188 in GB.

Furthermore 544,722 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 482,316 in Punjab 196,328 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 129,004 in Islamabad, 38,805 in Azad Kashmir 34,501 in Balochistan and 10,737 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Pakistan has so far conducted 25,134,775 coronavirus tests and 61,190 in the last 24 hours. 1,304,980 patients have recovered in the country whereas 1,559 patients are in critical condition.

The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 9.88 percent.

So far, 104,228,089 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 223,230 in last 24 hours. 80,748,105 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 322,467 received their second dose in last 24 hours.

The number of total administered doses has reached to 174,085,175 with 605,450 in the last 24 hours.