COVID-19 claims two more lives, infects 286 others in Sindh: CM

KARACHI: As many as 286 new cases of coronavirus emerged when 8182 tests were conducted raising the tally to 142,134 while two more patients were died, lifting the tally to 2583 in Sindh.

This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here from CM House on Monday.

He added that two more patients of COVID19 died overnight lifting the death toll to 2583 that constituted 1.8 percent death rate.

The CM Sindh said that 8182 samples were tested against which 286 new cases of coronavirus emerged that constituted 3.5 percent current detection rate.

He added that so far 1,540,247 tests have been conducted which 142,134 cases were detected all over Sindh, of them 95 percent or 135,296 patients have recovered, including 471 overnight.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said that currently 4,255 patients were under treatment, of them 4014 in isolation, five at isolation centers and 236 at different hospitals.

He added that the condition of 169 patients was stated to be critical, including 22 shifted to ventilators.

According to the CM Sindh, out of 286 cases, 200 have been detected from Karachi.

They include 62 from East, 49 South, 47 Korangi, 26 Malir, 12 Central and four West. Hyderabad has 27 cases, Badin and Kashmore eight each, Larkana six, Kambar four, Matiari three, Shaheed Benazirabad and Sukkur two each, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar and Sujawal one each.

The chief minister urged people of the province to wear masks, keep washing hands and avoid hand shake, to contain COVID19.