ISLAMABAD: The national tally of COVID-19 cases on Saturday witnessed a decline in positivity ratio to 4.4 percent as total active cases recorded were 76,58 with 2,512 more people testing positive for the deadly virus and 3,610 people recovering from the disease during the last 24 hours. Sixty-three corona patients have died during past 24 […]
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COVID-19 national tally of active cases plummets below 77,000
ISLAMABAD: The national tally of total active COVID-19 cases was recorded 76,581 on Thursday with 3,012 more people testing positive for the deadly virus and 3,897 people recovering from the disease during the last 24 hours. Sixty-six corona patients have died during past 24 hours, 58 of whom were under treatment in the hospitals and […]
Coronavirus claims 67 more lives during past 24 hours
ISLAMABAD: The national tally of active COVID-19 cases was recorded 90,545 on Monday with 2,988 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 3,391 people recovered from the disease during the past 24 hours. Sixty-seven corona patients have died during last 24 hours, 62 of whom were under treatment in the hospitals and five […]
COVID-19 claims 98 lives in past 24 hours
ISLAMABAD: The national tally of total active cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday reported 92,315 with 3,316 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 3,270 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours. Ninety-eight corona patients have died during the past 24 hours, including those under treatment in the hospitals and in […]
Covid-19 claims 57 lives during past 24 hours: NCOC
ISLAMABAD: The national tally on Monday of Covid-19 positivity prevailing in the country was recorded 6.32 percent with a rising trend of deadly pandemic disease. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) took to Twitter to announce the daily update of the disease trends. The Covid positivity ratio is the percentage of actual positive cases […]
Sindh govt proposes a complete lockdown in Karachi amid a 30 pc positivity rate
KARACHI: The Sindh government has been considering a tighter control on the situation and the imposition of a total lockdown as the COVID positivity ratio escalated to 30 percent in the business hub of the country. According to sources, the positivity ratio has reached 30 percent in the city forcing the provincial authorities to think […]
Is Pakistan committed to bringing all its girls to schools?
Despite encouraging improvements observed during the last ten years or so, Pakistan remains one of the worst performing countries in terms of its education indicators. Girls, across all regions and educational levels remain the worst affected. Nationwide, the net enrolment rate for girls is 53% at the primary level, 21% at middle and only 14% […]
India wicketkeeper Pant tests positive for Covid on England tour
India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has tested positive for Covid-19 as the squad prepares for a Test series in England, a cricket official told AFP on Thursday. The Indian players, led by Virat Kohli, are currently in London but will enter a bio-secure bubble and leave for Durham later Thursday for a tour match next week. […]
Biden marks ‘independence’ from Covid, but pandemic remains a threat
President Joe Biden celebrated US Independence Day on Sunday with an upbeat assessment of a country he said is roaring back to post-pandemic life, even if Covid-19 has yet to be fully “vanquished.” Speaking before a festive crowd of 1,000 guests on the White House South Lawn, Biden drew a comparison between the declaration of […]
India hits 400,000 virus deaths as vaccinations slow New Delhi
India became the third country to pass 400,000 Covid-19 deaths, official data showed Friday, as the country’s vast vaccination drive slows. Total deaths are 400,312, according to the health ministry — behind only the United States and Brazil — with total cases almost 30.5 million. Many experts suspect India’s true death toll is more than […]