COVID-19 claims 102 lives, infects 3,070 more people.

ISLAMABAD: The national tally on Friday of total active COVID-19 cases recorded 63,229, with 3,070 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 6,021 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours.

According to the latest update issued by the National Command and Operation Center(NCOC), one hundred and two corona patients have died during the past 24 hours, 89 of whom were under treatment in hospital and 13 out of the hospital in their respective quarantines or homes.

During the past 24 hours, most deaths have occurred in Punjab, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Out of the total 102 deaths that occurred in the last 24 hours, 50 of them had died under treatment on ventilators.

There were 4,424 Covid infected patients under treatment in critical care in various Covid dedicated healthcare facilities in the past 24 hours.

The National Covid positivity ratio during the past 24 hours was recorded at 5.95 percent.

It may be mentioned here that the Covid positivity ratio was the percentage of actual positive cases appearing in every 100 tests performed to identify infected individuals.

According to John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the percent positive will be high if the number of positive tests is too high or if the number of total tests is too low. A higher percent positive suggests higher transmission and that there are likely more people with coronavirus in the community who haven't been tested yet.

The maximum ventilators were occupied in four significant areas: Lahore 52 percent, Multan 70 percent, Bahawalpur 42 percent, and Peshawar 38 percent.

The maximum Oxygen beds (alternate oxygen providing facility other than ventilator administered as per the medical requirement of COVID patient) were also occupied in four significant areas of Gujranwala 49 percent, Swabi 47 percent, Peshawar 41 percent, and Multan 55 percent.

Around 540 ventilators were occupied elsewhere in the country, while no...