Covid-19: National positivity ratio reports slight uptick

ISLAMABAD: The national tally of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday was recorded declining with one of the lowest positivity ratios during the past 24 hours amid reduced per day positive cases, disease trend, and death rate.

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in a tweet on its official handle shared the latest disease statistics.

The nerve center of the country in its fight against the pandemic wrote that some 48,192 tests were conducted across the country with 733 more people testing positive for the contagious disease.

There were 1,402 Covid infected patients under treatment in critical condition in various Covid dedicated healthcare facilities of the country.

The National Covid positivity ratio during the past 24 hours was recorded at 1.52%. The Covid positivity ratio is the percentage of actual positive cases appearing in every 100 tests performed to identify infected individuals.

During the past 24 hours, some 11 infected patients died due to the deadly virus including those under treatment in the hospitals and in their respective quarantines or homes.  TF Report