The National Institute of Health (NIH) data showed Wednesday morning that the country’s COVID-19 positive ratio has increased to 4.69 percent, a day after the infection ratio was noted at over 3.45 percent.
In the nation with 653 patients the day before, a 3.45 percent COVID-19 positive ratio was noted.
The NIH reports that over the past 24 hours, 17,150 diagnostic tests were completed, of which 805 samples yielded positive results.
On a tragic day, the nation reported one death from COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours.
According to NIH figures, 168 COVID-19 patients are still receiving treatment in intensive care units across the nation’s hospitals.
In contrast, it is astonishing to note that Karachi’s COVID-19 positive ratio has decreased from 20.61 percent the day before to 7.92 percent in a single day.
In Karachi, 435 new cases were identified in the past day after 5,490 diagnostic tests were completed.
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