Covid positivity ratio falls below 2%

About 689 people tested positive for the contagious disease in the last 24 hours

ISLAMABAD:

The national Covid positivity ratio plummeted below 2%, as a declining trend in the fourth wave of the coronavirus infection continued, while the single-day tally of new cases also fell below 1,000, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Tuesday.

The nerve centre of the country’s fight against the pandemic said in a tweet that some 42,476 tests were conducted across the country during the last 24 hours, out which 689 people tested positive for the contagious disease.

“The National Covid positivity ratio during past 24 hours was recorded at 1.62%,” the NCOC said, adding that there were 2,280 Covid patients under treatment in critical condition in various Covid dedicated healthcare facilities of the country.

During the past 24 hours, some 18 infected patients died due to the deadly virus including those under treatment in the hospitals and in their respective quarantines or homes, the NCOC said in its daily update of the pandemic.