Rawalpindi’s Murree Road gives a deserted look as the district administration has prohibited business activities on Fridays and Saturdays. Online
ISLAMABAD: Eight more people lost their life to Covid-19 in the twin cities - four each in Islamabad and Rawalpindi - with 674 new cases in the capital and 259 in the garrison city on Friday.
Officials of the capital administration said six deaths were also reported in the city on Thursday.
On Friday, the death of two women in the age group of 50-59, one man in the age group of 80-89 and another in the age group of 90-99 was reported in the capital. They were residents of G-10, F-6, Rawal Town and B-17.During the last 24 hours, 8,711 tests were conducted out of which 404 males and 270 females tested positive. The positivity rate was 7.73 per cent.
Islamabad saw four deaths while nine patients succumbed to the virus in the garrison city.
The officials of the capital administration said that 564 new cases were reported on Wednesday compared to 659 on Tuesday.
During the last 24 hours, 6,722 tests were conducted in the capital, out of which tests of 302 men and 262 women came back positive. The positivity rate remained at 8.39pc compared to 8.79pc the previous day.
The death toll from Covid-19 in the capital has reached 588, after four more deaths were reported on Wednesday, the officials said.
Two of them were residents of G-11 and one each were from G-8 and Tarnol, the officials said.
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The positivity rate rose to 11.28 per cent during the week ending on April 4 compared to 9.69pc between March 22 and March 28. AFP
ISLAMABAD: While 714 more people were found infected in the federal capital, the positivity rate rose to 11.28 per cent during the week ending on April 4 compared to 9.69pc between March 22 and March 28.
District Health Officer Dr Zeem Zia said there has been a continuous increase in the weekly positivity rate for the last 10 weeks.
According to a graph, in the first week of February the positivity rate was just 1.57pc but then it gradually started increasing and reached 4.1pc in the first week of March. In the second week of the month, it was 5.03pc and the following week it jumped to 8.71pc. Last week, it further increased to 11.28pc.
A city magistrate seals a shop for violation of Covid-19 SOPs at Sitara Market in Islamabad on Saturday. White Star
ISLAMABAD: There was no letup in Covid-19 cases in Islamabad and Rawalpindi as the twin cities on Saturday reported 1,022 with six deaths.
Officials of the capital administration said that during the last 24 hours 7,591 tests were conducted
in the city, which showed 796 people had coronavirus with positivity rate remaining at 10.5pc, they added.
Two more deaths from Covid-19 were also reported in the capital taking the tally to 574. Both were women from the age groups of 60-69 and 80-89, The officials said, adding at present the capital had over 11,000 active cases.