NCC to deliberate on additional COVID-19 measures tomorrow

Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has summoned a meeting of the National Coordination Committee to deliberate over additional measures to contain the rising spread of coronavirus in the population.

In a tweet on Monday, the minister said that National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) discussed additional measures today to control the rising spread of COVID-19.

"Recommendations will be tabled in the NCC being called for tomorrow," he continued. "Need to take immediate measures which have the most impact on disease spread without curtailing economic activity."

Pakistan's positivity rate surged past 4% on Sunday - the highest since August. The country recorded 1,123 new Covid-19 cases in a single day. At least 12 people succumbed to the virus.

As per details, in the last 24 hours, 27,953 tests were conducted across the nation, taking the total to 4,486,843.

Currently, there are 707 active cases out of which 59 are critical cases. In the last 24 hours, 461 people also recovered from COVID-19, taking the nationwide tally to 315,016.

So far, Sindh has reported 146,331 cases, Punjab 104,554, KP 39,649 and Balochistan has recorded 15,954 infections. Similarly, Islamabad has reported 20,089 cases, Azad Kashmir 4,237, and Gilgit-Baltistan has confirmed 4,279 cases.