KARACHI: As many as four more patients of coronavirus died across Sindh overnight, lifting the death toll to 4,633 while 1060 new cases emerged in the same period when 14,633 tests were conducted.
This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Thursday. He added that four more patients of COVID-19 lost their lives lifting the death toll to 4,633 that constituted 1.7 percent death rate.
Shah said that 14,633 samples were tested which detected 1060 cases that constituted 7.2 percent current detection rate. He added that so far 3,621,994 tests had been conducted against which 282,444 cases were diagnosed, of them 94 percent or 264,052 patients had recovered, including 279 overnight.
The CM said that currently 13,759 patients were under treatment, of them 13,149 were in home isolation, 7 at isolation centers and 603 at different hospitals. He stated that the condition of 570 patients was stated to be critical, including 47 shifted to ventilators. The chief minister informed that out of 1060 new cases, 394 were detected in Karachi, including 196 from East, 99 South, 49 Central, 26 Malir, 19 Korangi and five West.
Hyderabad has 157, Jacobabad 52, Thatta 50, Sukkur 46, Nausheroferoze 43, Larkana 42, Kamber 34, Shaheed Benazirabad 33, Sujawal 25, Ghotki 24, Mirpurkhas 23, Tando Muhammad Khan 19, Jamshoro nine, Khairpur eight, Tando Allahyar six, Kashmore, Umerkot and Shikarpur four each, Sanghar three, Badin two, Dadu and Matiari one each. Shah urged people to abide by the SOPs issued by the government.