ISLAMABAD, Jun 22 (NNN-APP) – Another wave of COVID-19 is feared in Pakistan, as the positivity rate in the two cities of Karachi and Hyderabad, in the country’s southern Sindh province, surpassed 10 percent, local media reported yesterday.
According to the state’s official website for COVID-19 data, 113 people tested positive for COVID-19 from across the country on Monday, with a positivity rate of almost 1.5 percent.
The positivity rate in the southern port city of Karachi, which is also the country’s largest city, in terms of area and population, was 10.08 percent, and in Hyderabad, it was 16.6 percent.
One patient lost his life on Monday, while 58 COVID-19 patients are currently in a critical condition, the official data said.
In Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the positivity rate exceeded over two percent, it added.
According to the latest official figure, the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across the country is 259,993,241. Among them, 124,870,023 people are fully vaccinated and 136,252,640 partially vaccinated.
Additionally, 16,332,926 people have received booster doses.– NNN-APP
