In an alarming situation, the Coronavirus positivity ratio in five districts of the country has gone beyond 10 per cent including Karachi and Islamabad in wake of SOPs violations during Eid ul Adha, ARY reported on Monday.
According to sources in the national ministry for health, an increasing trend in Covid-19 cases has been witnessed after Eid and the authorities fear a further spike in Covid cases in the next week to an alarming level.
Karachi, according to sources, has reported the most positivity ratio in the country with 24.82 per cent, followed by 19.76 per cent in Muzaffarabad, 18.9 in Rawalpindi, 14.66 per cent in Skardu, 12.41 per cent in Peshawar, and 10.95 per cent in Islamabad, the federal capital of the country.
In Gilgit Baltistan, the Gilgit area reported 2.99 per cent Covid positivity while the Diamer district reported zero positivity. Mirpur area of Azad Jammu and Kashmir reported an 8.54 per cent positivity ratio.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Abbottabad reported a ratio of Covid cases at 7.95 per cent, followed by Nowshera at 7.20 per cent, Swabi at 4.60 per cent, Mardan 4.06 per cent, Swat 2.06 per cent, and zero positivity ratio in Charsadda.