No respite in corona cases as 40 more patients die in Sindh

KARACHI:Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Thursday that coronavirus had claimed 40 more lives and infected 1,538 others while 1,254 patients recovered and returned to normal life in Sindh.

In a statement issued here from CM house, Shah said that 40 more patients lost their lives while struggling against the virus, lifting the death toll to 1,677 that constituted 1.6 percent death rate. He said that 1,538 new patients were detected by testing 9,860 samples that constituted 16 percent current detection rate. He added that so far, 543,400 tests had been conducted which diagnosed 100,900 patients all over Sindh. This came to 19 percent overall detection rate, he said.

The CM said that currently, 41,596 patients were under treatment, of them 39,697 were in home isolation, 399 at isolation centers and 1,500 in different hospitals. He added that currently, 581 patients were stated to be in critical condition, including 75 patients who were shifted to ventilators. According to Shah, 1,254 more patients recovered and returned to normal life. The number of patients recovered so far has reached 57,627 that constitutes 57 percent recovery rate.

Giving district-wise data, the chief minister said out of 1,538 new cases, 722 had been detected from six districts of Karachi division. East has 204 cases, South 166, Korangi 98, Central 94, Malir 75, and West 49. He added that Hyderabad had 97, Sukkur 88, Naushehro Feroze 72, Badin 66, Sanghar 55, Shikarpur 53, Larkana 32, Sujawal 26, Thatta 24, Umerkot 23, Ghotki 21, Tando Allahyar 18, Kambar 17, Jamshoro 14, Mirpurkhas 12, Dadu six, Jacobabad five, Shaheed Benazirabad four, Kashmore and Khairpur one each. The chief minister urged the people of Sindh to be cautious and adopt SOPs issued by the government.