While there are fewer than 9,000 active cases of the novel coronavirus across the country and on an average less than a dozen mortalities are being reported for the last 25 days, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has warned that there was a possibility of re-emergence of the deadly virus as violation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) was being reported from tourist places.

The NCOC claimed that there were only 8,987 active Covid-19 cases across the country. Moreover, out of 1,920 ventilators dedicated for Covid-19 patients, only 113 are being used and there is no patient on ventilator in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and Balochistan.

The positivity rate among daily tested samples has also drastically dropped. The document shows that there was over 20 per cent positivity on July 17 but it dropped to only 1.96pc on August 26.

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