Karachi, November 06, 2021 (PPI-OT):As many as 13 more patients of Coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 7,595 and 236 new cases emerged when 13,407 tests were conducted. This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Saturday. He added that two more patients of COVID-19 lost his life lifting the death toll to 7,595 that constituted 1.6 percent death rate.
Mr. Shah said that 13,407 samples were tested which detected 236 cases that constituted 1.8 percent current detection rate. He added that so far 6,496,817 tests have been conducted against which 470,716 cases were diagnosed, of them 95.8 percent or 451,077 patients have recovered, including 216 overnight. The CM said that currently 12,044 patients were under treatment, of them 11,819 were in home isolation, 24 at isolation centers and 201 at different hospitals. He added that the condition of 198 patients was stated to be critical, including 12 shifted to ventilators.
According to the statement, out of 236 new cases, 75 have been detected from Karachi, including 31 from South, 19 East, Central 12, Malir and West five each and Korangi three. Jamshoro has 26, Tando Muhammad Khan 23, Hyderabad 16, Matiari 14, Tharparkar 12, Sanghar 10, Sujawal nine, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Naushero Feroze and Tando Allahyar eight each, Umerkot seven, Dadu five, Badin four, Qamber, Khairpur and Sukkur one each. The chief minister urged people of the province to follow SOPs.
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