The total active Covid-19 cases in Pakistan on Wednesday were recorded 48,369 as 2,731 more people tested positive for the deadly virus.
One hundred and five corona patients, 98 of whom were under treatment in h
ospitals and seven in their respective homes or quarantines, died, according to the latest update issued by the National command and Operation Centre (NCOC). Most
of the deaths occurred in Sindh, followed by the Punjab. Out
of the total 105 deaths, 70 patients died on ventilators. No Covid-affected person is on ventilator in Balochistan and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) while 316 ventilators are occupied elsewhere in Pakistan.
The maximum ventilators are occupied in four major areas including Multan 48 percent, ICT 46 percent, Peshawar 26 percent and Lahore 34 percent. The oxygen beds (oxygen providing facility other than ventilator as per patient’s medical requirement) were also occupied in four major areas as in Rawalpindi 42 percent, Multan 41 percent, Pesha
war64 percent and Karachi 37 percent.
Some 38,028 test
s were conducted across the country on Tuesday, including 10,289 in Sindh, 16,931 in Punjab, 4,134 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 5,375 in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), 506 in Balochistan, 374 in GB, and 419 in AJK.
Around 388,598 people have recovered from the disease so far across Pakistan making it a significant count with over 86 percent recovery ratio
of the affected patients. Since the pandemic outbreak, a total of 445,977 case
s were detected so far, including AJK 7,771, Balochistan 17,796, GB 4,799, ICT 35,203, KP 53,253, Punjab 128,673 and Sindh 198,482.
About 9,010 death
s were recorded in country since the eruption
of the contagion, including 3,222 Sindh among 55
of them died in h
ospital and three out of h
ospital on Tuesday, 3,452 in Punjab 26
of them died in h
ospital and Four out of h
ospital on Tuesday, 1,489 in KP 12
of them died in h
ospital on Tuesday, 379 in ICT Two
of them died in h
ospital on Tuesday, 176 in Balochistan one
of them died in h
ospital on Tuesday, 99 in GB and 193 in AJK where two
of them died in h
ospital on Tuesday.
A total of 6,136,799 corona tests have been conducted so far, while 615 h
ospitals are equipped with COVID facilities. Some 3,066 corona patient
s were admitted in h
ospitals across the country.
Meanwhile, the national Covid-19 positivity ratio on Wednesday was recorded 7.2 percent where 2,510 coronavirus patient
s were in critical condition across the country with the number of critical patients rising at a fast pace.
The highest positivity ratio was observed in Karachi which was 18.76 percent followed by Hyderabad 16.56 percent and Peshawar 15.99 percent, according to the latest update issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC).
The positivity ratio in var
ious federating units was as in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) was 5 percent, Balochistan 4.9 percent, Gilgit Baltistan (GB) 1.6 percent, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) 2.9 percent, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 11.3 percent, Punjab 3.2 percent and Sindh had 14.8 percent.
It also mentioned the province wise COVID-19 positivity ratio breakdown that indicated in Punjab, Lahore had 6.04 percent, Rawalpindi had maximum of 6.15 percent, Faisalabad 2.67 percent and Multan 2.71 percent and Gujranwala had 0.77 percent.
In Sindh, Karachi had 18.76 percent, Hyderabad 16.56 percent, in KP, Peshawarhad 15.99 percent, Abbotabad 3.80 percent and Swat had 3.46 percent, in Balochistan, Quetta had 5.08 percent, in ICT 2.94 percent positivity ratio was prevailing. In AJK, Mirpur had 5.31 percent positivity ratio and Muzaffarabad 1.8 percent and GB had 1.45 percent.
The update also showed mortality analysis during the prevailing pandemic outbreak as a total of 9,010 death
s were recorded with prevailing fatality rate of 2.02 percent against the global death rate of 2.22 percent.
It added that as per the gender analysis
of the deceased around 70 percent were males with 77.5 percent over the age of 50-year with age median of 61-year.
As many as 73 percent
of the perished COVID-19 patients had chronic comorbidities (affected with another disease prior to contracting Coronavirus). Out
of the total, 91 percent
of the deceased remained h
ospitalised whereas 58 percent
of the h
ospitalised patients remained on ventilator, it added.
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