Karachi:As many as 1744 new cases of coronavirus emerged when 8199 tests were conducted and 16 more patients lost their lives, lifting the death toll to 650 in Sindh province.
This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a press statement issued here from CM House. Talking about 18682 patients, the CM said that 17257 were in home isolation and being treated through telemedicine procedure, 63 at isolation centers and 1362 at different hospitals. He further said that 414 patients were in critical condition, of them 67 had been shifted on ventilators.
Shah said that 511 more patients had recovered and returned to normal life. The number of patients recovered so far has reached 18776 which constitutes 49.3 percent, he said. The CM said that out 1744 new cases, 1081 belonged to Karachi, of them 370 to East, 286 South, 199 Central, 119 Malir, 60 Korangi and 48 West.
According to the CM, Hyderabad has 54 new cases, Larkana 39, Shaheed Benazirabad 33, Sukkur 31, Dadu 23, Ghotki 23, Mirpurkhas 14, Khairpur 11, Jamshoro9, Tharparkar eight, Jacobabad two, Umerkot two, Thatta, Tando Allahyar and Kambar have one case each.
The chief minister said that the infection rate of coronavirus was on the increase because our people were not following the SOP. “The situation is going from bad to worse and we all have to respond to the situation responsibly,” he said.