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NCOC imposes new COVID-19 restrictions in Islamabad

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The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has imposed new restrictions in the capital city from September 4 till September 12 in order to hold the spread of contagious coronavirus. Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar chaired the NCOC meeting by giving a briefing to Prime Minister Imran Khan about … Read more

COVID Cases In Pakistan: Country Records 3.8pc Positivity Rate

Pakistan COVID-19: Positivity Rate Continues To Decline In Country

84 more deaths have been reported from Coronavirus in the country and more than 1,900 people have been tested positive. According to the coronavirus statistics website (covid.gov.pk) in Pakistan, 50393 corona tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, out of which 1923 people were tested positive while 84 have succumbed to … Read more

Pakistan’s Covid-19 positive cases have dropped to lowest level in 3 months

Pakistan’s Covid-19 positive cases

Pakistan’s coronavirus positivity ratio has dropped to the lowest level in three months as the country reported a 3.58% positivity rate on Friday.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre 52,859, coronavirus tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours. While 1,893 new positive cases were reported in the past 24 hours.

 

According to the report, 3.02% last lowest COVID-19 positive rate was reported on February 28 in Pakistan.

The total number of Covid-19 active cases is 928,588 and 21,105 have died so far due to the virus.

In Pakistan, 856,005 people have recovered from the virus, according to NCOC data.

COVID-19 cases are steadily decreasing, but Sindh continues to see an increase in the positive cases.

Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho had said a day earlier that the people of Pakistan are still hesitant to get themselves vaccinated.

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COVID-19: Positivity Rate Drops To its lowest 3.71% With More 71 Casualties

COVID-19 Positive Cases Rate Rises to 9% in Lahore

The positivity rate of Coronavirus cases in Pakistan has dropped to its lowest 3.71% during the third wave of the deadly pandemic.

According to the daily data by National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), as many as 1,771 new COVID-19 cases detected over the previous 24 hours. The overall country’s caseload reaches 922,824.

The death toll rose up to 20,850 after 71 more people lost their lives due to the disease.

A total of 47,633 samples were tested, out of which 1,771 turned out to be positive. The positivity rate of infections was recorded at 3.71%, the NCOC said.

However, during the last 24 hours, 52,223 tests for coronavirus were performed out of which 2,117 new corona cases were detected, the test positive rate was 4.05% while the total number of corona cases reported so far has reached 921,053.

According to the latest figures, the number of coronavirus cases in Sindh is 318,579, in Punjab 340,110, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 132,822, in Balochistan 25,148, in Islamabad 81,257 and in Azad Kashmir 19,250 and in Gilgit-Baltistan cases have reached 5,588.

Earlier, the government has decided to start scheduling vaccination of registered 18 plus from Thursday the 3rd of June.

In a statement released on Twitter, Asad Omar, head of the NCOC and federal minister, said that vaccinations for people over the age of 18 would begin on June 3.

“With this step, the vaccination of all eligible age groups would be carried out. Please register as soon as possible,” the minister added.

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KP govt. Bans Intercity Public Bus Service Over COVID Spike

KP bans intercity bus service

Amidst the increasing COVID-19 cases across Pakistan, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has barred intercity public buses to be operational for two days to help curb the spread of the deadly infection.

According to the details, the intercity public bus service will remain suspended in KP on Saturday and Sunday (April 3 and 4).

However, the secretary transport KP said that those vehicles transporting food items will be exempted from this limitation.

“Public transport operating within the cities will also remain exempted from the ban,” the transport department said.

On the other hand, the British authorities have placed Pakistan and the other three countries on England’s coronavirus red list.

In a statement released by the UK government, the restrictions will help to reduce the risk of new variants – such as those first identified in South Africa (SA) and Brazil – entering England.

According to the statement, from 4 am on Friday 9 April, international visitors who have departed from or transited through the Philippines, Pakistan, Kenya and Bangladesh in the previous 10 days will be refused entry into England.

Coronavirus Situation In Pakistan

Coronavirus cases are alarmingly increasing as 5,234 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, the highest figure since June 2020.

National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) updates that 83 patients have lost their battle against Covid-19 as the death toll reached 14,613. The total number of confirmed infections is 678,165.

Till now, 10,297,544 tests have been conducted so far and 50,170 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours.

On the other hand, 607,205 patients have recovered while 3,384 patients are in serious condition.

There are 265,917 cases of Covid-19 in Sindh, 225,953 in Punjab, 89,255 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 19,610 in Balochistan, 59,401 in Islamabad, 12,984 in Azad Kashmir, and 5,045 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Apart from that, 6,485 patients have died in Punjab, 4,504 in Sindh, 2,382 in KP, 209 in Balochistan, 572 in Islamabad, 358 in Azad Kashmir, and 103 in GB.

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