KARACHI:As many as 2327 samples of coronavirus were tested during the last 24 hours in Sindh which resulted in 573 new cases while five more patients died due to the virus disease, lifting the death toll across the province to 374.
This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued from CM House on Tuesday. According to a statement, 2327 tests were conducted against which 573 or 24.6 new cases were detected. The government had tested 161628 samples so far which produced 23507 positives cases which constitute 14.5 percent.
Shah said that overnight, five more patients died of the virus, taking the death toll to 374 which showed 1.6 percent death ratio. He added at present, 248 patients were in critical condition, and of them, 49 have been put on ventilators.
At present 14,618 patients were under treatment, including 12931 or 88 percent, in home isolation, 794 or six percent at isolation centers and 893 or six percent in different hospitals. “This shows that home isolation is being preferred by the patients where government doctors take care of them through phone,” he said.
The chief minister said that 542 patients were cured during the last 24 hours and so far 8515 patients had recovered. “Our recovery ratio from coronavirus is 37 percent,” he said. Giving district-wise breakup, the chief minister said that out of 573 new cases, 467 belonged to Karachi. They include 135 East, 109 Central, 94 South, 77 Korangi, 31 Malir, and 21 West.
Hyderabad has 24 cases, Shikarpur 12, Jacobabad 11, Kashmore five, Larkana four, Sukkur three, Umerkot three, Kambar two, Khairpur two, Dadu two and Sanghar one. The chief minister once again urged people of Sindh to stay home, observe volunteer lockdown, avoid handshaking and crowding. This is the only way to contain the coronavirus,” he concluded.