KARACHI:Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Wednesday that COVID-19 infected 1,736 more people, raising the tally to 99,362 and claimed 22 more lives, lifting the death toll to 1,637 in Sindh.
In a statement issued from CM House, he said that 9,318 samples were tested which detected 1,736 new coronavirus cases constituting 19 percent detection rate. He added that so far 533,540 tests had been conducted against which 99,362 cases were diagnosed that came to a 19 percent detection rate. “Our current and overall detection rate stands at 19 percent which is high and worrisome,” he said.
According to the statement, 23 more patients died due to coronavirus. So far, 1,637 patients have died which constituted 1.6 percent death rate.
Shah said that currently, 41,352 patients were under treatment, of them 39,199 were in home isolation, 352 at isolation centers and 1,801 at different hospitals of the province. He added that the condition of 655 patients was stated to be critical, of them 75 had been shifted to ventilators.
The CM said that 1,697 patients had recovered overnight and returned to normal life. So far, 56,373 patients have recovered that constitutes a 57 percent recovery rate.
Shah giving district-wise breakup of the new cases said out of 1,736 new cases, 764 were detected from Karachi. They include 317 in South, 179 East, 110 Central, 65 Malir, 58 Korangi and 35 West. He added that Hyderabad had 123, Ghotki 122, Khairpur 77, Dadu 53, Kambar 46, Shaheed Benazirabad 40, Shikarpur 38, Jamshoro 36, Sukkur 33, Kashmore 32, Tando Allahyar 30, Umerkot 29, Jacobabad 22, Larkana 16, Mirpurkhas 14, Badin eight, Naushehro Feroze seven, Sanghar four, Matiari and TM Khan one each. Shah urged the people of Sindh to be cautious to save yourself and others.