The positivity rate of coronavirus tests in Peshawar has exceeded 19 per cent and is the highest in the country, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was told on Friday.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa capital has a positivity rate of 19.65pc, the forum was told in a meeting today. Peshawar is followed by Karachi, where the positivity rate stands 17.73pc. In Hyderabad, 16.32pc of the COVID-19 tests are turning out to be positive, the NCOC was told, making it the city with the third highest positivity rate in the country.

Among provinces and federation units, Sindh has the highest positivity rate of 13.25pc, while Azad Jammu and Kashmir stands on the second spot with a ratio of 10.79pc. Punjab has a positivity rate of 3.59pc — the lowest in the country.

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