Pakistan’s Covid positivity rate crossed 5 per cent for the first time after nearly two months.
The current infection rate stands at 5.2 per cent with a continuous spike in the cases.
National Command and Operation Centre’s (NCOC) data from Thursday shows that 48,910 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and 2,545 of them came back positive for coronavirus.
With 47 new fatalities from the virus, the national death tally soared to 22,689.
NCOC chief Asad Umar warned: “Indian variant has caused devastation in countries in the region.”
Umar asked everyone to follow the directives necessary in relevance to Covid protocol and said, “Do not risk your own and others lives.”
