COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF COVID-19 POSITIVITY DURING ITS FIRST AND SECOND WAVE AMONGST DIFFERENT AGE AND GENDER GROUPS OF PAKISTAN

Abstract

An epidemiological survey was conducted to identify a worldwide contagious disease of (SARS)- CoV-2 (COVID-19) acute respiratory syndrome. It is considered as extremely infectious disease and mostly spread between people through respiratory droplets by coughs and sneezes. It was 1^st transmitted to humans in Wuhan, China and became the 1^st source of infection among human to human in community transfer. Coronavirus disease outbreak was first announced as public health emergency on 30^th January 2020 by World Health Organization (WHO). Rate of occurrence of COVID-19 varies according to season among different age and gender groups. Incident of effected COVID-19 patients are observed higher in 1^st wave than 2^nd wave in Pakistan. Study samples of COVID-19 data were collected from sample management department of a well-known private lab in Lahore. The result showed that proportion of effected persons with COVID-19 during 1^st wave has a higher ratio of positive reported cases as compared to 2nd wave of COVID- 19.