Islamabad: Planning Minister and chief of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar has said that the coronavirus positivity rate was 13.3 per cent yesterday (Friday) in Peshawar.
In a message posted on Twitter on Saturday, the federal minister said that covid positivity rate had surged in Peshawar, where 202 patients were in critical condition.
Peshawar covid positivity ratio 13.39% yesterday. Patients in critical care: 202. Of these 50 on low flow oxygen, 134 on high flow and 18 on ventilators. 14 new critical patients just yesterday. PDM response : we will be safe on the stage so who cares what happens to citizens
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) November 21, 2020
He added that 18 patients were on the ventilator in the city.
Despite this serious situation, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was insisting to hold a rally in Peshawar. They are least concerned about the health of masses, the federal minister said.
