Army soldiers patrol on a street to implement new restrictions imposed in Lahore on April 26. Reuters
LAHORE: Punjab’s districts of Okara, Vehari and Sahiwal reported the highest Covid-19 positivity ratio of 51, 41 and 35 per cent, respectively during the last 24 hours, raising an alarm that the virus is now spreading from major populated cities to the rural areas.
According to the official update, 12 districts recorded alarmingly high positivity rates during the last 24 hours, including Lahore 19.5pc, Rawalpindi 12pc, Faisalabad 11.5pc, and Multan 8.1pc, as well as the three reporting the highest count. The positivity rate of the province was 11.5pc.
Medical experts warned that the virus was spreading to small districts that were earlier reporting a meagre number of cases and deaths. They said the Punjab government would have to take measures to stop mass travelling of infected patients from big cities to the smaller ones otherwise the rural areas could explode with infectio
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