ISLAMABAD: With 5,327 fresh COVID-19 infections, Pakistan recorded over 100,000 active cases of the virus for the fourth day in a row as the country continues its fight against the fifth wave of the pandemic, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said. ) has been revealed from the data. Tuesday morning.
According to the latest NCOC data, the country has registered a COVID-19 positivity ratio below 10% for the first time since January 19.
The country's daily number of cases also saw a decline in the last 24 hours as only 5,327 out of 55,202 diagnostic tests conducted across the country came back positive. With this fall, Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate fell to 9.65%.
On January 19, the positivity rate was 9.48%.
The new infections, however, put Pakistan's confirmed case tally at 1,430,366, while the number of active cases stood at 105,675.
Meanwhile, 32 more people succumbed to the coronavirus, taking Pakistan's COVID-19 death toll to 29,301.
The NCOC has extended coronavirus restrictions in the country from January 31 to February 15, as thousands of people continue to contract the infection amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
The Forum had imposed Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention (NPI) on 19 January, which was to be reviewed on 27 January in the light of the COVID-19 situation in the country.
Restrictions for the marriage sector were already in place till February 15.
Slight drop in positivity rate in major cities
On Monday, major cities in Pakistan saw a slight drop in the test positive ratio, especially in Karachi where the positivity level reached 40% last week.
The positivity rate in the port city came down to 23.38 per cent till Tuesday morning.
The positivity rate in Lahore decreased from 14.44% to 13.53% in the last 24 hours. Similarly in Quetta it decreased from 12.14% to 6.10% and in Islamabad from 14.29% to 12.76%.
As the fifth wave of the coronavirus hits the country, due to the highly-permeable Omicron variant, major cities in Pakistan have seen an increase in the test positive ratio, which is the percentage of tests that have come back positive for COVID-19. Totally held.