ISLAMABAD: The Deputy Commissioner’s Office in the federal capital has been temporarily closed after several employees tested positive for the coronavirus.
Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqat, in a statement, said the staff will be undergoing COVID-19 tests. “Facilitation Centre at G-11/4 will stay opened for all essential services,” he added.
Earlier on Sunday, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) identified five major cities, Rawalpindi, Islamabad Lahore, Peshawar, and Karachi contributing about 70 percent to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Pakistan has recorded 2,839 new COVID-19 cases and 40 deaths due to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours. The national tally of cases now currently stands at 398,024 and is set to pass the grim 400,000 landmark. The positivity rate has reached 8.5 percent in a day.
A total of 33,302 tests were conducted across the country during this period. 341,423 people have recovered from the deadly disease while 5,508,810 samples have been tested thus far.
