Table 2 Monthly number of cases of various infectious diseases/syndromes in various provinces of Pakistan before and after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic expressed as median (Q1–Q3)

3,069,346 (2,735,657–3,218,780)

2,006,049 (1,474,394–2,385,241)

 < 0.001

1,391,410 (1,169,758–1,620,949)

1,287,438 (826,934–1,451,322)

0.003

549,015 (478,170–665,718)

465,123 (339,966–671,673)

0.005

187,799 (161,662–215,482)

163,602 (109,895–177,966)

 < 0.001

116,112 (102,663–127,583)

42,116 (30,764–58,881)

 < 0.001

135,383 (104,878–158,489)

85,240 (63,440–98,109)

 < 0.001

121,051 (105,231–132,694)

90,485 (53,528–101,750)

 < 0.001

51,385 (47,393–59,902)

42,099 (32,135–54,206)

0.002

29,717 (25,860–32,946)

24,649 (15,922–27,566)

0.002

29,795 (21,942–36,362)

9871 (7582–12,321)

0.001

121,129 (105,419–134,753)

67,946 (50,033–75,602)

 < 0.001

53,351 (47,236–58,453)

40,325 (29,190–44,709)

0.001

11,772 (11,061–13,648)

8943 (8060–11,423)

0.005

1951 (1699–2538)

720 (512–1140)

0.001

2431 (2212–3144)

210 (140–537)

 < 0.001

980,016 (743,933–1,108,243)

608,436 (596,977–679,985)

 < 0.001

538,899 (417,356–613,838)

396,529 (357,571–448,058)

0.009

347,301 (244,320–397,148)

251,935 (179,117–330,954)

0.024

137,060 (118,872–142,008)

99,075 (85,077–105,934)

 < 0.001

57,419 (45,728–69,461)

22,335 (17,320–34,625)

0.001

114,277 (107,429–121,366)

77,258 (67,090–94,348)

 < 0.001

40,952 (37,368–45,210)

32,629 (29,515–40,423)

0.016

41,403 (34,867–45,410)

30,171 (20,901–36,690)

0.003

12,797 (12,461–13,982)

12,732 (11,021–13,422)

0.266

11,171 (8862–13,178)

2710 (2097–3436)

0.001

124,713 (114,852–130,712)

68,394 (59,933–85,812)

 < 0.001

247,570 (232,257–262,272)

197,501 (169,485–235,045)

0.125

92,535 (78,840–112,447)

97,759 (71,764–108,433)

0.700

49,232 (47,222–57,941)

45,421 (42,173–59,299)

0.970

11,525 (9145–13,089)

1681 (1069–3175)

0.001

2223 (1396–3072)

570 (424–746)

0.002

796 (617–1718)

227 (64–309)

 < 0.001

3900 (2080–4378)

1814 (1525–2085)

0.007

951 (860–1129)

918 (639–1279)

0.970

917 (679–1110)

86 (51–211)

0.001

100 (47–226)

113 (9–143)

0.733

15 (12–49)

6 (2–17)

0.258

274 (160–520)

176 (140–423)

0.413

17 (11–48)

8 (5–68)

0.910

0 (0–2)

0 (0–0)

0.750