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COVID-19 Pandemic Ushers new wave Of Digitalization (Facts & Figures)

Corona Virus Symptoms
It can take up to 14 days for symptoms of coronavirus to appear. The main symptoms to look out for are:
FEVER – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature). It is a common sign and also may appear in 2-10 days if you affected. COUGHING – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual).
SHORTNESS OF BREATH – Around 1 out of every 6 people who get COVID-19 becomes seriously ill and develops difficulty breathing or shortness of breath.
Source: GoP

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COVID-19 Overview (AS ON Dec 12, 2020)
Details Statistics
Confirmed cases 435,056 (Last 24 hours: 2,729)
Death 8,724(Last 24 hours: 71)
Recovery 381,208 (Last 24 hours: 2,116)
Total test 5,990,1 (Last 24 hours: 41,426)
Critical cases 2,470 (Last 24 hours:0)
Source: GoP

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Human Development Index In Pakistan
Country/ Region HDI Human Development Index (HDI) Average Annual HDI Growth Life Expectancy at Birth Expected Years of Schooling Mean Years of Schooling Gross National Income (GNI) per capita (2011 PPP $) Multidimensional Poverty Index
Rank Value (%)
-2018 [2010-2018] SDG-3 SDG-4.3 SDG-4.6 SDG-8.5 Headcount (%)
World 0.731 0.6 72.6 12.7 8.4 15,745 23.1
South Asia 0.642 1.18 69.7 11.8 6.5 6,794 31
Iran 65 0.797 0.68 76.5 14.7 10 18,166
Sri Lanka 71 0.78 0.49 76.8 14 11.1 11,611
China 85 0.758 0.95 76.7 13.9 7.9 16,127 4.5
India 129 0.647 1.34 69.4 12.3 6.5 6,829 27.9
Bangladesh 135 0.614 1.4 72.3 11.2 6.1 4,057 41.7
Pakistan 152 0.56 0.85 67.1 8.5 5.2 5,190 38.3

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Regional Poverty Comparison
Countries Population below National Poverty lines (%) Population below Population below Population below
$ 1.90 a day (%) $ 3.20 a day (%) $ 5.50 a day (%)
Pakistan (2015) 24.3* 3.9 34.7 75.4
China (2016) 1.7** 0.5 5.4 23.9
Bangladesh (2016) 24.3 14.8 52.9 84.5
India (2011) 21.9 21.2 60.4 86.8
Sri Lanka (2016) 4.1 0.8 10.1 40.4
Iran (2017) 0.3 2.3 10.9

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