ISLAMABAD: The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan has crossed the grim 400,000 landmark.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan recorded 2,458 new COVID-19 cases and 67 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours.
With the fresh inclusion of the infections in the country, the national tally of cases now currently stands at 400,482 while the death toll has 8,091. A further 2,165 patients are in critical condition while 1,863 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours.
The positivity rate of COVID-19 cases reaches up to 5.9 per cent during 24 hours. The total count of active cases increased up to 49,105. A total of 40,969 tests were conducted across the country during this period. 343,286 people have recovered from the deadly disease while 5,549,779 samples have been tested.
The NCOC was informed on Monday that about 5,082 smart lockdowns were in place across Pakistan, adding that the country’s virus positivity ratio had jumped to 8.53%.
During the centre’s daily situational morning session, the meeting was informed that around 2.05 million people were currently under lockdown.
In Punjab, 1,459 smart lockdowns were in place whereas 206 were in place in Sindh, 182 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 3,205 in Islamabad and 30 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
The meeting was informed that Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) had the highest positivity ratio, at 21.3 per cent, Sindh 14.04 per cent, K-P 5.57 per cent, Balochistan 11.95 per cent, Islamabad 6.62 per cent, Punjab 4.84 per cent. G-B has the lowest positivity ratio of 3.43 per cent.
