ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus positivity ratio on Tuesday dropped to 2.51 per cent in Pakistan, as 961 people tested Covid-19 positive out of 38,139 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.

The NCOC, the department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic said 13 deaths because of the viral disease occurred in the country during the last day while 1261 people are in the critical care unit.

Statistics 22 Feb 22:
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 38,139
Positive Cases: 961
Positivity %: 2.51%
Deaths :13
Patients on Critical Care: 1261

— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) February 21, 2022

On February 17, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had arrived in Islamabad on his first-ever visit to meet Prime Minister Imran Khan.

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In a tweet, Special Assistant to Prime Minister of Pakistan on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill had said that the meeting took place at Prime Minister House.

“Polio eradication and other important issues were discussed during the meeting”, the tweet read.

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On January 31, Sindh’s capital was witnessing a steady rise in coronavirus cases as it had reported a positivity percentage of 21.79 within one day, the Sindh health department had confirmed.

As many as 1,599 corona cases were reported all over the province during the ongoing fifth wave – of which 1,109 cases were reported from Karachi. Meanwhile, nine people had lost their lives The provincial health department had said that 438 corona patients were admitted to different hospitals of the province, while 385 of them were in serious conditions with 25 on ventilators.