ISLAMABAD – For the first time since the outbreak emerged in Pakistanduring late February 2020, weekly new cases have dropped as compared to theearlier week.
This essentially means that every week, the number of new cases grew sinceFeb 26th, 2020 — but last week, for the first time, the weekly new caseswere lesser than the previous week.
This week, a total of 36,610 new cases were registered, down 10% whencompared to last week when 40,807 new cases were recorded from across thecountry.
This downward trend is hinting that we might be undergoing a peak — and ifthe trend continues for another week (if cases remain same or lower thanthis week) then it will be certain that we have flattened the curve andthen a decline in cases will continue for the remainder of the time.
It is important to note that disease isn’t over, it’s only that we havesomehow managed to control the spread and that all SOPs issued by thegovernment must be followed to keep the trend this way.
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It must also be noted that recently imposed so-called smart lock-downs(across various cities) aren’t behind this negative trend of new cases. Asany lock-down of activity show a positive impact only after 15 days ofimposition.
Thus this flattening of the curve seems to be natural in nature and mayonly get better since we locked-down over 1,400 communities across 20densely populated cities of Pakistan.
