Current COVID’19 Situation in Pakistan and worldwide
The COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 26 February 2020, it was confirmed virus reached in Pakistan. When two cases were recorded (a student in Karachi who just returned from Iran and another person in the Islamabad Capital Territory). On 18 March, cases had been registered in all four provinces. By 17 June, each district in Pakistan had recorded at least one confirmed case of COVID-19.
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.
The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 214 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances. After midnight (GMT+0) day is reset. The list of countries and territories and their continental regional classification is based on the United Nations geoscheme.
Pakistan currently has the 9th-highest number of confirmed cases in Asia, after India, Russia, Iran, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Turkey, and the Philippines. 3rd-highest number of confirmed cases in South Asia after India and Bangladesh; and the 21st highest number of confirmed cases in the world. On 15 June, daily new confirmed case numbers reached their peak, with 6,825 new cases recorded. But since then new daily cases and the percentage of people testing positive have trended downwards. In late June, the number of active cases in Pakistan stabilized and beginning in July, started showing a significant decrease. On 2 July, for the first time recoveries of active cases exceeded 8,929, meaning that 51% of all confirmed cases had recovered in the country. While Pakistan has the world’s 18th highest case count and the world’s 24th highest death count.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and has resulted in an ongoing pandemic. As of 4 October 2020, more than 34.9 million cases have been reported across 188 countries and territories with more than 1.03 million deaths; more than 24.3 million people have recovered.
The case-fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.
The Ministry of Planning has estimated that 12.3 million to 18.5 million people will become jobless due to the pandemic.
“It is estimating that in Pakistan the number of unemployed people will reach 6.65 million in the 2020-2021 financial year, as compared to 5.80 million in the previous financial year.”
The COVID-19 pandemic is cited to be one of the largest factors causing of increase in the unemployment rate. Particularly among vulnerable employment groups and daily wage workers.
This article documents an ongoing situation relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The article may change rapidly as information becomes available
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