Covid positivity rate jumps to 7.5 per cent in Pakistan

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) reported that the Covid-19 positivity rate is currently 7.51 per cent.

President Dr Arif Alvi urged citizens to “get serious”. “Cases have shot up post-Eid. I was expecting and warning about it as I saw carelessness in [the] streets, bazaars, [and at] weddings and mosques,” he said.

Alarming. 3752 new Covid patients y/day. Get serious people of Pakistan. Cases have shot up post Eid. I was expecting & warning about it as I saw carelessness in streets, bazaars, weddings & mosques. Lets put our act together. Follow SOPs Wash hands, Mask & Social Distance 🙏 pic.twitter.com/QPTGaf74kE

— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) July 26, 2021

President Alvi urged Pakistanis to get vaccinated. “Don’t let the recent gains towards stability [be] sacrificed on the alter of neglect. You are a rising nation, so the important test is to rise to the occasion,” he added.

GET VACCINATED. Save your friends, relatives and your nation. Don't let the recent gains towards stability ne sacrificed on the alter of neglect. You are a rising nation, so the important test is to 'rise to the occasion.' https://t.co/XK39QSeXxL

— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) July 26, 2021

The number of deaths from coronavirus in the country has risen to 23,048 after 32 more people died in the last 24 hours and the total number of cases has reached 108,446.