100-day nightmare: Covid-19 in Pakistan

Pakistan has seen an exponential growth in Covid-19 cases in the 100 days since the first case was confirmed.

Here are some key markers of the global pandemic causing havoc in the country as the federal government bets on herd immunity as survival strategy.

Initially, PakistanÔÇÖs testing capacity was restricted to less than 100 tests a day. The number gradually improved after Japan and China provided test kits to the cash-starved government.


The data for testing varied over time as the government mulled on adding test results by private labs. Eventually, the data provided by National Institute of Health included both private and government test results.

In 50 days since the emergence of the first confirmed case, a total of 78,979 individuals were tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus - a mere 0.04% of the over 220 million population.

In the next 50 days, over 530,000 Covid-19 tests were conducted across the country.

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