Pakistan's Covid-19 positivity ratio at 5.99%: NCOC.

ISLAMABAD -- According to the National Command and Operation Centre's (NCOC) update released on Friday, Pakistan's current positivity ratio stands at 5.99 per cent.

The highest positivity ratio was observed in Karachi at 15.97 per cent, followed by Peshawar at 13.62 per cent and Mirpur at 11.49 per cent, the NCOC revealed.

The positivity ratio in various federating units was observed at 7.36 per cent in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), 4.75 per cent in Balochistan, 2.43 per cent in Islamabad, 5.55 per cent in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), 4.49 per cent in Punjab and 9.49 per cent in Sindh.

As for the death toll, Pakistan's Covid-19 death toll jumped to 10,863, with most deaths reported in Punjab, followed by Sindh. At least 2,294 Covid-19 patients are currently in a critical condition.

The NCOC's detailed province-wise data revealed Lahore's positivity ratio to be at 6.69 per cent, Rawalpindi's at 4.04 per cent, 2.52 per cent in Faisalabad, 4.25 per cent in Multan and 5.26 per cent for Bahawalpur in Punjab.

In Sindh, Karachi's positivity ratio was recorded at 15.97 per cent and 8.01 per cent in Hyderabad.

As for K-P, a positivity ratio of 13.62 per cent was recorded in Peshawar, 3.65 per cent in Swat and 3.45 per cent in Abbottabad.

In Balochistan, Quetta's positivity ratio was recorded at 1.87 per cent. Meanwhile, the positivity ratio in AJK's Mirpur stood at 11.49 per cent and 5.56 per cent in Muzaffarabad.

The case fatality rate (CFR) for Pakistan stood at 2.12 per cent compared to the global 2.14 per cent. Around 69 per...