The Prevalence Of Covid-19 In High-Risk District Of Kpk, Mardan, Pakistan

Objectives: to investigate the prevalence of COVID-19 and to find out the prevalence of COVID-19 positive individuals with full-vaccination, partial-vaccination and those who were non-vaccinated individuals in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Study Design: This  Multi-Center and retrospective study was carried out to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 in children, adults and aged old individuals using RT-PCR as a method of detection. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Pathology at Mardan Medical Complex from August 1st, 2021 to August 31st 2021. Methodology: A random sample was taken from the population as well as all suspected persons who were admitted to various isolation wards and quarantine centres throughout District Mardan to be tested. The real-time RT-PCR tests were performed for testing the COVID-19 samples. The statistical analysis was performed with a 5% significance level. Results: A total of 2960 samples were collected. Among all the samples, 1536 individuals were male while females were 1424. The ages of the participants ranged from 0 to 80 years, with the average age being 40 years. The patients' median age was discovered to be 40.66 years. The youngest patient was only 1.5 months old, and the oldest patient was 80 years old. Males were particularly affected when compared to females. The RT-PCR tests were performed for testing the COVID-19 samples. The overall prevalence in Mardan was found 10.03 % (297 out of 2960), in which 161 out of 1536 (10.48%) were males positive cases and 136 out of 1424 (9.55%) were female positive COVID-19 cases whereas 2663 out of 2960 (89.96%) were reported as negative COVID-19 cases. Conclusions: The prevalence of COVID-19 in the Mardan district is extremely high, necessitating the implementation of WHO-recommended SOPs to control the spread of COVID-19. Keywords: Sars-Corona virus-2, COVID-19, Prevalence, RT-PCR, Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 28 (SPSSv28), Mardan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan