Pakistan's COVID positivity rate reaches 7.46%.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate has reached 7.46 per cent, which is the highest in a single day since July 22, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). A meeting of the NCOC with Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar in the chair expressed concern over rising coronavirus cases across the country. The meeting was attended by Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood and the PM's Adviser on National Health Services Faisal Sultan. The health authorities gave a detailed briefing on the current coronavirus situation, including a reported spike in deaths and infections, and its impact on educational institutions as well as measures to address the pandemic. The NCOC was briefed that Pakistan's positivity ratio has soared to 7.46 per cent lately. Azad Jammu and

Kashmir that has been put under a blanket lockdown for a...