ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported a coronavirus positivity rate of less than 2% for the 21th consecutive day, government data showed Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 43,348 COVID-19 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, of which 471 returned positive. The country has recorded less than 1,000 daily infections for the last three weeks.<\/p>\n
Per the official portal, the rate of positive cases during the last 24 hours was 1.08%. Since October 16, Pakistan’s positivity rate has been under 2%.<\/p>\n
The number of deaths from COVID-19 in the country has risen to 28,538 after 20 people died from the virus, while the total number of cases has reached 1,276,711.<\/p>\n
The number of active cases, too, is continuing on a downward trend and was recorded at 22,810 Sunday.<\/p>\n
Pakistan is reporting 556 new infections on average each day, 9% of the peak \u2014 the highest daily average reported on June 17.<\/p>\n
The country has administered at least 110,800,576 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that\u2019s enough to have vaccinated about 25.6% of the country\u2019s population.<\/p>\n
During the last week reported, Pakistan averaged about 724,418 doses administered each day. At that rate, it will take a further 60 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population.<\/p>\n