KARACHI:Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 21 more cases of Omicron variant emerged when 24 samples were tested lifting the tally to 521 and 3,467 new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed through 15,412 tests and three more patients died lifting the death toll to 7,730.
Omicron: The chief minister sharing the omicron cases report said that during the last two days 24 tests were conducted which detected 21 new cases lifting the number of Omicron variant cases detected in the province so far to 521.
COVID-19: Giving details of COVID-19 situation, as many as three more patients of Coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 7,730 and 3,467 new cases emerged when 15,412 tests were conducted, that came to 7 percent current detection rate.
He said that so far 7,435,098 tests have been conducted against which 518,330 cases were diagnosed, of them 91.5 percent or 474,127 patients have recovered, including 787 overnight. The CM said that currently 36,473 patients were under treatment, of them 36,051were in home isolation, 26 at isolation centers and 396 at different hospitals. He added that the condition of 339 patients was stated to be critical, including 18 shifted to ventilators.
According to the statement, out of 3,467 new cases, 2,884 have been detected from Karachi, including 1,090 from East, 698 South, 428 Central, 297 Korangi, 204 Malir and 167 West. While in other districts Hyderabad has 269, Shaheed Benazirabad 41, Dadu 40, Sukkur 32, Ghotki and Jamshoro 22 each, Badin 21, Naushero Feroze 20, Tharparkar 13, Jacobabad 12, Sujawal 11, Larkana, Matiari, Shikarpur and Tando Allahyar 10 each, Kashmore nine, Mirpurkhas five, Qamber, Khairpur and Sanghar one each.
Vaccination: Sharing vaccination data the CM said that 32,699,678 vaccinations have been administered upto January 19th and added during the last 24 hours 206,722 vaccines were inoculated – in total 32,906,400 vaccines have administered which constituted 59.36 percent of the vaccine eligible population. The chief minister urged people of the province to follow SOPs.
Vaccination Campaign: Health Secretary Zulfiqar Shah told Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, that National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) has acknowledged the successful COVID vaccination Campaign of Sindh Government. Secretary said that during the last seven days, an average of 250,000 vaccines have been administered daily in Sindh while 30,000 doses have been administered in Educational Institutions.