COVID-19 updates: After Karachi, Peshawar with second-highest positivity rate
As fifth COVID wave surges due to highly-transmissible Omicron, major cities have seen an uptick in positivity ratio
January 26, 2022
As the fifth wave of the coronavirus surges through the country, due to the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, major cities in Pakistan have seen an uptick in test positive ratio, which is the percentage of tests that came back positive for COVID-19 out of the total conducted.
In 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised governments that before reopening, rates of positivity should remain at 5% or below for at least 14 days. The Pakistan government has also directed curbs in cities which report positivity rates over 10%.
Karachi's positivity ratio was recorded at 40.91% as 1,542 cases were recorded after a total of 3,769 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, Peshawar saw 454 new cases, taking the positivity ratio to 27.99%.
COVID-19 situation in cities across Pakistan
|
District |
COVID-19 lab tests in 24 hours |
Positive cases in 24 hours |
Positivity percentage |
|
Mirpur |
288 |
21 |
7.29% |
|
Muzaffarabad |
517 |
139 |
26.89% |
|
Quetta |
481 |
40 |
8.32% |
|
Diamer |
69 |
6 |
8.70% |
|
Gilgit |
91 |
9 |
9.89% |
|
Skardu |
103 |
1 |
0.97% |
|
Islamabad |
6,468 |
685 |
10.59% |
|
Abbottabad |
754 |
80 |
10.61% |
|
Bannu |
268 |
15 |
5.60% |
|
Mardan |
429 |
54 |
12.59% |
|
Nowshera |
248 |
27 |
10.89% |
|
Peshawar |
1,622 |
454 |
27.99% |
|
Swabi |
734 |
43 |
5.86% |
|
Swat |
816 |
25 |
3.06% |
|
Bahawalpur |
720 |
48 |
6.67% |
|
Faisalabad |
736 |
34 |
4.62% |
|
Gujranwala |
1,289 |
12 |
0.93% |
|
Gujrat |
1,093 |
5 |
0.46% |
|
Jhelum |
295 |
1 |
0.34% |
|
Lahore |
8,383 |
947 |
11.30% |
|
Multan |
456 |
24 |
5.26% |
|
Rawalpindi |
2,674 |
350 |
13.09% |
|
Sargodha |
209 |
17 |
8.13% |
|
Hyderabad |
324 |
86 |
26.54% |
|
Karachi |
3,769 |
1,542 |
40.91% |
— With additional reporting by Waqar Bhatti
