The Punjab Health Department has urged citizens to adopt precautionary measures as the number of coronavirus cases are increasing in the province currently.
According to sources on Friday, the number of coronavirus cases reported in the provincial capital in the last 24 hours was 27, which was alarming.
The coronavirus ratio in the city is 5 per cent while overall ratio in the province is 1.9 per cent.
The Punjab government has also ordered for wearing mask in hospitals to avoid any dangerous situation. It is learnt that the e national positivity rate of Covid-19 has exceeded three per cent.
The positivity rate in two major cities, Karachi and Islamabad, has surpassed 5 and 6 per cent, respectively.
While the officials acknowledged the rise in cases, they said the trend was not a cause for concern.
According to NCOC data, the national positivity rate was 3.02pc, while rates in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi were 6.11pc, 5.51pc, 3.99pc and 2.61pc, respectively.
One death has also been reported in the past 24 hours. Dr Khan, who is also Vice Chancellor of the Health Services Academy, said the cases will continue to increase and decrease as transmissibility fluctuates with the arrival of new strains of the virus.
Last week, Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel also said the virus situation “was under control” and asked people to avoid paying heed to rumours.
“The government had strengthened the role of Border and Health Services to deal with any sub-variant of Covid-19,” the minister said.
He added that sur-veillance systems have been set up at all entry points and all arriving passengers are being subjected to rapid tests and screening at all airports.
