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ISLAMABAD: The COVID-19 cases spread through local transmission showed a dangerous upward trajectory in a recent report published by the World Health Organisation Pakistan chapter.
The report presented a dismal picture in terms of local transmission cases in Pakistan, province by province, on a weekly basis. The report showed that Balochistan had the highest rate of local transmission at 93%, and only 7% were imported cases.
At second number was Sindh, where 92% were local transmissions and 8% imported cases. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 84% were instances of the virus being locally passed on while 16% of cases were foreign.
In the worst-hit Punjab, 15% were foreign cases while 85% of the reported cases had emerged through the local transmission.
In Gilgit-Baltistan, 37% were imported cases while 63% were of local transmission. Meanwhile, in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 17% were foreign cases while 83% were passed on locally.
Pakistan’s testing capacity has faced a downward trajectory after peaking at an estimated 13,000 on 9 May, according to the report.
On May 10 and 11, the number of tests dropped, fluctuating between 11,000 to 10,000.
The report said that Pakistan had 1,140 new cases of the COVID-19 on May 11, 2020, which showed a reduction in number from 1,991 cases reported on May 9 — around 42.71%.
The number of cases reported since the beginning of the outbreak was 32,081 with 706 deaths. According to the breakdown, 6,661 were confirmed cases of hospitalization, with 281 reportedly in a critical condition.
Earlier, The World Health Organisation (WHO) had warned that the number of estimated coronavirus cases in Pakistan can rise to an estimated 200,000 by mid-July if “effective interventions” are not taken.