• NCOC data reveals 2,511 more infections, 58 deaths in single day
• National positivity ratio reaches 5.7pc
• Razak Dawood gets vaccinated
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday revealed that the number of active Covid-19 cases had increased by about 50 per cent in three weeks as another 2,511 people got infected in a single day.
The national positivity ratio has been recorded at 5.7 per cent.
Meanwhile, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood received the Covid-19 vaccine at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Mr Dawood advised elderly people to benefit from the facility.
Islamabad: The positivity rate of COVID-19 is increasing steadily in Pakistan. According to the National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC) the number of active COVID-19 cases is up by 50 per cent over the last three weeks. Another 2,351 people were reported to have tested positive in the last 24 hours.
The national positivity ratio has been recorded at 6.6 per cent on Wednesday while a day earlier it was 5.7 per cent.
With the addition of 2,351 new cases, Pakistan’s tally of coronavirus cases has surged to 612,315, while 61 deaths in 24 hours have taken the toll caused by COVID-19 to 13,656.
The country’s total recoveries stand at 575,867.
Citing sources in the Ministry of Commerce, The Express Tribune reported that Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood may take a decision on whether to import cotton and yarn from India next week.
Importing yarn from other countries was not only expensive but would also take one to two months to reach Pakistan, while imports from India would reach within three to four days.