Pakistan sees rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, positivity rate jumps to 6.17% By Pakistan's coronavirus positivity rate goes over 6% mark. This is the highest positivity rate in the last two months. On May 22, the country recorded a positivity rate of 6.43%. According to NCOC stats, 37,690 COVID-19 tests conducted across country in last 24 hours, of which 2,327 people tested positive for virus ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus situation in Pakistan is getting bad again and it is happening fast. The country reported a jump in its positivity rate for the virus, which now stands at 6.17%. The last time Pakistan crossed the 6% positivity rate mark was almost two months ago in May. On May 22, the country recorded a positivity rate of 6.43%.