ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus positivity rate of Pakistan remained below 4 percent for the sixth consecutive day as signs indicated that the third wave of the coronavirus is subsiding.
According to National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan carried out 52,427 tests in the last 24 hours out of which 1,629 returned positive. Pakistan’s positivity rate stands at 3.1% while the coronavirus positive cases in the country climbed to 932,140.
The country also reported 76 deaths from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide death toll to 21,265.
As the coronavirus cases decline, the National Command and Operation Centre greenlighted the reopening of all educational institutes in districts with low coronavirus positivity ratio from Monday (tomorrow).
The NCOC, in the statement, did not specify what it considers a low positivity ratio, but last month, it had said educational institutes in districts where the ratio was less than 5% could reopen.
The forum also announced that a special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane had landed in the country with a million coronavirus vaccine doses.
