Karachi, September 30, 2020 (PPI-OT): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 311 new cases of coronavirus emerged when 10,940 tests were conducted raising the tally to 137,109 and two more patients died lifting the death toll to 2499. In a statement issued here from CM House, Mr Shah said that 10,940 samples were tested against which 311 new cases were detected that constituted 2.8 percent current detection rate. Two more patients died overnight lifting the death toll to 2499 that came to 1.8 percent death rate, he said and added that so far 1,363,079 samples have been tested which diagnosed 137,106 cases all over Sindh that constitutes overall 10 percent detection rate.
The CM said that currently 4255 patients were under treatment, of them 3978 in home isolation, six at isolation centers and 271 at different hospitals. He added that the condition of 181 patients was stated to be critical, including 38 shifted to ventilators. According to Murad Ali Shah 215 patients recovered overnight. The number of patients recovered so far has reached to 130,352 that constituted 95 percent.
The chief minister said that out of 311 new cases of Coronavirus, 221 have been detected from Karachi, including 75 from South, 53 East, 40 Central, 27 Korangi, 17 Malir and nine West. Hyderabad has 14 cases, Jamshoro six, Badin and Dadu four each, Sujawal three, Ghotki two, Khairpur, Mirpurkhas, Naushehroferoze, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkur and Thatta one each. Shah urged people of Sindh to follow SOP and keep yourself and your friends and family safe.
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