Karachi, June 15, 2020 (PPI-OT): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah sharing coronavirus situation report with the media has said that 9080 samples were tested which detected 1776 new patients while 22 more patients died lifting the death toll to 853.
In a statement issued from the CM House, the chief minister said that 9080 tests were conducted which produced 20 percent result or 1776 positive cases. “Our detection rate remains between 20 to 24 percent which has to be controlled through social distancing and other SOPs,” he said. He added that so far 307412 tests have been conducted against which 55,581 cases were detected, of them 28023 patients recovered, including 2417 overnight. “This is the highest recovery rate recorded at 50.5 percent of the total patients,” he said.
The chief minister said that at present 26705 patients were under treatment, including 24789 at home isolation, 90 at Isolation centers and 1826 at different hospitals. He said that out of 1776 new cases mean, 1091 belonged to Karachi. They include 337 South, 258 East, 205 Central, 104 Korangi, 95 Malir and 92 West.
The CM said that Kashmore has new 66, Hyderabad 55, Ghotki 41, Khairpur 29, Larkana 29, Jacobabad 26, Sukkur 26, Mirpurkhas 24, Thatta 24, Jamshoro 13, Kambar 11, Shaheed Benazirabad 10, Sanghar 9, Shikarpur 8, Badin 8, Dadu seven, Umerkot 6, Tando Allahar 5, Matiari 3 and Tando Mohammad Khan 2 cases. The chief minister once again requested the people of Sindh to abide by guidelines given by the experts, WHO and the government.
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