While there are fewer than 9,000 active cases of the novel coronavirus across the country and on an average less than a dozen mortalities are being reported for the last 25 days, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednes­day warned that there was a possibility of re-emergence of the deadly virus as violation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) was being reported from tourist places.

However Pakistan’s situation, in terms of active cases, is much better than the United States (2.5 million active cases), India (712,000) and Brazil (709,000). Moreover Pakistan has lower number of active cases as compared to Russia, Bangladesh, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Israel and a number of other countries.

The NCOC claimed that there were only 8,987 active Covid-19 cases across the country. Moreover, out of 1,920 ventilators dedicated for Covid-19 patients, only 113 are being used and there is no patient on ventilator in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and Balochistan.

According to a presentation given during a NCOC meeting on Wednesday, and available with Dawn, as many as 153 persons died due to Covid-19 on June 20 and 9-day average, from June 17 to 25, was 118 casualties per day.

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