KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah Friday said that 40 more patients lost their lives while struggling against coronavirus while 1,353 new cases have emerged.

A statement issued from the CM House said: 7,377 tests were conducted against which 1,353 new cases were detected. The government has conducted 215,860 tests against which 34,889 cases were diagnosed as positive.

Shah said that 40 more patients died overnight. The number of deaths stemming from coronavirus in Sindh has reached 615 which constituted 1.7 percent. "Forty death within 24 hours is the highest figure since March 19 when first death was reported," he said. He added that at present 370 patients were in critical condition, including 62 on ventilators.

According to the chief minister, at present 16,487 patients were under treatment, of them 15,156 were in home isolation, 76 at Isolation Centers and 1,255 at different hospitals.

The CM said that 1,005 patients have recovered and returned to their normal life. The number of patients recovered so far has reached 17,787 which constituted 51 percent of the total patients.

Shah said that out of 1,353 new cases, 984 belonged to Karachi. District East has 282, Central 204, South 162, Malir 148, Korangi 108 and West 80.

Hyderabad has 70 new cases, Ghotki 41, Sukkur 26, Khairpur 25, Jacobabad 17, Larkana 14, Mirpurkhas 12, Jamshoro and Sanghar 11 each, Tando Mohammad khan and Kashmore six each, Naushehro Feroze three, Badin Dadu, Kambar and Shikarpur have two each and Sujawal and Thatta one each.

The chief minister once again urged people of Sindh to be cautious and adopt precautionary measures against coronavirus infection.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020

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