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Two more Covid patients die in Sindh

KARACHI:Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said in a statement on Saturday that two more coronavirus patients lost their lives overnight in Sindh while 376 new cases emerged when 7,479 samples were tested.

 

He said that 7,479 samples were tested against which 376 new cases were diagnosed that constituted five percent current detection rate. He added that so far 1,643,450 tests had been conducted which detected 145,815 cases, of them 95 percent or 138, 669 patients had recovered, including 241 overnight.

 

Shah said that two more patients had lost their lives while struggling against the virus, lifting the death toll to 2,627 that constituted 1.8 percent death rate.

 

The CM said that currently, 4,555 patients were under treatment, of them 4,319 were in home isolation, one at isolation center and 235 at different hospitals. He said that the condition of 179 patients was stated to be critical, including 30 shifted to ventilators.

 

According to the statement, of 376 new cases, 264 belonged to Karachi, including 145 from South, 56 East, 22 Central, 20 Korangi, 13 Malir and eight West. Hyderabad has 15, Kambar 11, Kashmore 10, Jacobabad eight, Sukkur five, Badin four, Ghotki, Matiari, Thatta and Larkana three each, Shikarpur and Sujawal two each, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazirabad, and Dadu one each.