KARACHI: The COVID positivity ratio on Sunday (today) jumped near to 40 percent in Karachi,
The provincial government yesterday decided against imposing lockdown and instead asked citizens to adopt precautionary measures and wear facemasks in light of Omicron variant.
According to the figures shared by the Sindh health department, as many as 2424 cases of COVID-19 were reported from Karachi, bringing the positivity ratio to 39.39 percent.
“Sindh province reported 2622 cases in a day and of which 2424 were reported only from Karachi,” it said adding that one person has died of COVID during the last 24 hours.
The department further shared that 229 COVID patients are critically ill while 18 people are currently on ventilators.
“A total of 460 cases of Omicron variant have been confirmed in Karachi after genome-sequencing,” it said and 56 more samples are currently being analyzed for the new variant.
The Sindh government’s task force on Covid-19 announced Saturday a set of restrictions to control the fifth wave of the pandemic.
