The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in its latest update said that the highest positivity rate in the country was reported in Karachi (15.7 per cent), followed by Peshawar (15.5pc) and Mirpur (9.2pc).

The national positivity rate was recorded at 5.8pc.

The countrywide positivity rates are as follows:

• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 8.5pc
• Sindh: 8.1pc
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 5.3pc
• Punjab: 4.7pc
• Balochistan: 3.8pc
• Islamabad: 3.3pc
• Gilgit Baltistan: 1.4pc