{"id":1955,"date":"2020-11-30T14:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T14:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2020-11-30T14:10:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T14:10:51","slug":"covid-19-positivity-rate-increases-to-8-53pc-in-pakistan-ncoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/top-news\/covid-19-positivity-rate-increases-to-8-53pc-in-pakistan-ncoc\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 positivity rate increases to 8.53pc in Pakistan: NCOC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coronavirus positivity\u00a0rate\u00a0has surged to 8.53 percent while 5,082 smart lockdowns are in place across the country to check the spread of COVID-19, National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) was told on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per details, a meeting of NCOC which was chaired by Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar was briefed about coronavirus situation in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forum was informed that 1459 smart lockdowns are in place in Punjab, 206 in Sindh, 182 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 3205 in Islamabad Capital Territory and thirty in Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) region has highest the COVID-19 positivity rate of 21.3 percent with Mirpur at 27.75 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The positivity rate in Sindh is at 14.04 % with Hyderabad city standing at 18.21% and Karachi at 17.95%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The positivity rate of coronavirus cases in Islamabad is recorded at 6.62 percent and Balochistan at 11.95 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, Pakistan has passed grim milestone of 8,000 coronavirus deaths while number of positive cases has surged to 398,024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 2,839 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. 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