ISLAMABAD: Positivity ratio of Coronavirus pandemic across Pakistan has dropped below 5 per cent after over a month as 2,465 new positive cases have surfaced in the last 24 hours, 49 more people have lost their lives.
According to latest figures appeared on National Coronavirus Dashboard of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday morning 2,465 more poople were tested positive to deadly virus in last 24 hours and 49 more people died of the killer disease.
Giving the overall positive ratio during last 24 hours the NCOC stated that 2,465 people were tested positive of coronavirus epidemic after 49,553 diagnostic tests were conducted countrywide. The decline in fresh cases pushed the country’s coronavirus positivity rate down to 4.97 per cent.
However, a rise in Pakistan’s daily COVID-19 death count was reported as 49 more patients succumbed to the virus overnight, placing the total number of deaths at 29,877.
Meanwhile, country’s active case count stands at 73,029 and the overall case count at 1,491,423.
After witnessing a drop in the positivity ratio of COVID-19 in the country, the NCOC on Tuesday decided to extend the already enforced coronavirus curbs only in the cities with COVID-19 positivity rate higher than 10 per cent till February 21.
The forum reviewed the overall coronavirus situation in the country and cities with high disease prevalence in detail and announced to keep the coronavirus-related restrictions in place in the cities and districts where the COVID-19 positivity rate is higher than 10 per cent for at least three days.
The cities/districts where the restrictions will remain imposed are as follows: Gilgit, Muzaffarabad, Mardan, Karachi, Hyderabad and Peshawar.
The NCOC said that the restrictions will be reviewed again on February 21 and directed all the concerned authorities to notify about the extension of restrictions at priority.
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