Even as cases continue to increase across the country, the national COVID-19 positivity rate has decreased from 7.2 per cent to 6pc, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was told on Tuesday.

Among provinces and federation units, AJK's positivity ratio is the highest at 14.5pc. AJK is followed by Sindh, where the positivity rate is recorded to be 10.1pc. Last week, the NCOC was told that Sindh had the highest positivity rate of 13.25pc. Gilgit Baltistan has a positivity ratio of 2.6pc — the lowest in the country.

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