KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in his statement issued from the CM House, said on Friday that 959 new cases of coronavirus had been detected by conducting 6023 tests which constituted 16 percent result in positive.
He added that so far 149566 tests had been conducted which produced 20,883 cases. According to Shah, four patients lost their lives and the death toll has reached 340 or 1.6 percent of the total patients.
He added that 170 patients were in critical condition, of them 41 were on ventilators. Giving details of the 13,528 patients, Shah said that 11895 patients were in home isolation, 797 at Isolation centers and 836 were under treatment in different hospitals.
He said that 690 patients have been cured and discharged to their respective homes. The number of the patients who have recovered so far has reached 7015- means the recovery ratio has been recorded at 34 percent. Sharing district-wise details of the new cases, Shah said out of 959 cases 668 belonged to Karachi. They include 253 to East, 114 South, 103 Korangi, 103 Central, 70 West and 25 Malir.