The Sindh health department on Tuesday dismissed a news report claiming that there had been an alarming jump in Karachi’s Covid-19 positivity rate, terming it to be “sensationalised”.National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad as telling The News that the Covid-19 positivity rate in Karachi had reached 28.30 per cent after 30 out of 106 people screened for the viral infection tested positive. It did not mention the time period the data was taken.
The official also told the publication that cases had started rising in the country as 100 individuals had tested positive nationwide in the last 24 hours.
