KARACHI: Sindh found a total of 2,222 Covid-19 positive cases outh of 10,705 tested samples during the last 24 hours constituting 21 percent detection rate, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah told on Sunday.
As per details released from the CM House, 502,426 samples have been tested so far which found 94,528 covid-19 positive cases across Sindh. The overall detection rate is 9 percent, the CM said.
According to Murad Ali Shah, 25 more patients died due to Covid-19 lifting the death toll to 1,526 that constituted 1.6 percent.
He added that 777 more patients recovered and returned to normal life. The number of recovered patients comes to 53165 so far that constitutes 56 percent recovery rate, he said.
The CM said currently 39,837 patients were under treatment of them 37,875 were in home isolation, 340 at Isolation Centers and 1622 at different hospitals of the province. He added that 623 patients were stated to be in critical condition, of them 74 have been shifted onto the ventilators. Mr Shah said that out of 2222 new cases, Karachi has 770. He added that East has 237, South 156, Central 126, Korangi 113, Malir 72 and West 66. The chief minister said that Ghotki has 294, Sukkur 128, Kambar 80, Shaheed Benazirabad 75, Dadu 73, Khairpur 61, Badin 57, T.M Khan 54, Sanghar 51, Kashmore 50, Hyderababd 50, Larkana 48, Mirpurkhas 37, Tando Allahyar 36, Khairpur 33, Jacobabad 15, Matiari 14, Naushehroferoze and Jamshoro 11 each, Thatta six, Sujawal five and Umerkot four.
Murad Ali Shah told that the cases of local transmission were on the rise in Ghotki, Sukkur, Kambar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dadu, Khairpur and Badin. He directed district administration of all the districts to take extraordinary measures to control the situation. "The rise in the cases is the result of disregard to the SOPS," he concluded.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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