ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has identified five major cities, Rawalpindi, Islamabad Lahore, Peshawar, and Karachi contributing about 70 percent to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to details, the monitoring centre was briefed today (Sunday) that the cities’ positivity ratios were rising and they were reporting the most COVID-19 infections per day.
The forum also noted that Karachi, Hyderabad, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi were among the top cities with a persistently rising positivity ratio. The highest test positivity rate was recorded at 24.85 percent in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), followed by Hyderabad at 22.18 percent, and Karachi at 18.96 percent.
However, in Punjab, Lahore has a positivity ratio of 4.00%, Rawalpindi 6.80% and Multan 2.55%. As per Sindh, As for K-P, the positivity ratio stood at in Peshawar stood at 11.12%; 8.84% in Quetta, Balochistan.
The number of active cases of coronavirus has risen to over 47,390 across the country. Out of the total active cases, Sindh had 9,072; Punjab 17,771; K-P 5,140; Islamabad 6,699; Balochistan 603; Gilgit-Baltistan 324 and Azad Jammu and Kashmir 760.
The NCOC also discussed the stock of health facilities and equipment available for Covid across the country. The NCOC noted that all required medical equipment was available as per the need of the provinces.
About 40,369, coronavirus tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours out of which 2,829 emerged positive, according to NCOC. The forum directed all stakeholders for stringent enforcement measures to control the spread of disease.
