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Covid positives in Karachi jump to 21.2%

over 50% of Positive cases in Pakistan from Karachi, 138 people test positive

KARACHI:

covid-19 positive rate in largest in the country city of According to health authorities, the population of Karachi has exceeded 21%. on Thursday after 138 more people from the metropolis tested positive for virus.

With positive rate of 21.23%, port city It has highest amount of cases of any city or city in country with more half reported national cases emerging in Karachi, the Sindh provincial health ministry said.

Data from the Ministry of Health showed that total of 650 patients were tested for virus in the provincial capital and 138 people tested positive. in in last 24 hours.

According to governments official COVID-19 website268 people positive test nationwide over in past 24-hour period after 12,513 tests. One death was also recorded.

The data also showed that in Abbottabad second-highest positivity ratio at 8.7% as two people positive test result in in past 24 hours.

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Peshawar finished third with 3.36% positive rate, with Positive test result in 19 citizens. on Wednesday.

Medical professionals say the number of positive cases can go up if precautions such as social distancing and wearing masks in public were bypassed.

They also advised the public to get booster doses. of covid vaccine.

As of Thursday, 136,422,713 beats of in first dose of vaccines were introduced throughout the country and 125,250,104 citizens were fully vaccinated. In comparison, a total of 17,828,826 booster doses were administered.

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