Covid-19 fourth wave weakens in Pakistan

Pakistan yesterday reported a decline in Covid-19 cases as the positivity rate dropped below 5 per cent. Over 10,000 persons were reported to have recovered in the last 24 hours.

According to the National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan’s nerve centre monitoring the coronavirus situation, the country’s positivity rate dropped below 5 per cent registering a 4.78 per cent positivity rate in a period of two months.

Most recoveries

The country saw another boost in the battle against Covid-19 as 10,928 persons recovered from the deadly virus in one day. This too, is an unprecedented number of single-day recoveries, said a senior official of the Ministry of the National Health Services. According to the NCOC, against 56,733 tests conducted during the last 24 hours, 2,714 were diagnosed with Covid-19 infection while the number of active cases also declined significantly from 85,801 on Tuesday to 77,532 yesterday.

Meanwhile, the vaccination drive reached a milestone of 70 million and according to the Ministry of the National Health Services, 70.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered till now. According to the ministry’s official twitter handle, 191 doses were administered in the private sector while 1,736 additional doses were administered in last 24 hours.

In view of the country’s positivity rate slipping below 5 per cent, the government of Sindh relaxed curbs allowing markets and businesses to operate till 10pm as well as indoor dining till midnight.

The new guidelines will be effective from today to September 30.