Coronavirus claims another life in Karachi, Sindh tally reaches nine

• Pechuho says the 59-year-old patient was a resident of Karachi and was admitted to the hospital on March 19.
• Minister says the patient had returned from Saudi Arabia and was tested positive for the virus the same day.
• Patient had a history of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and was on ventilator since the first day: Azra.

(Karachi) A man has died of coronavirus symptoms in Karachi taking the total tally of coronavirus victims in Sindh to nine, confirmed Sindh Minister for Health and Population Welfare Dr Azra Pechuho.

The minister said that the 59-year-old patient was a resident of Karachi and was admitted to the hospital on March 19. She added the patient had returned from Saudi Arabia and was tested positive for the virus the same day.

She said that the patient had a history of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and was on ventilator since the first day.

On March 29, 2020, two people suffering from coronavirus died in Karachi.  Provincial Health Minister Azra Pechuho said that both persons were suffering from Pneumonia and coronavirus symptoms. She added the laboratory reports were received after death of the two patients.

She said that one of the deceased was 70 years old while the other was 83 years of age. She maintained both patients were admitted to Jinnah Hospital and Dow University Hospital Ojha Campus.

So far, more than 2,000 people have been infected with coronavirus across the country. Of the total, 709 cases are in Sindh, 748 in Punjab, 54 in Islamabad, 158 in Balochistan, 253 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 190 in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Besides, 28 people have fallen victim to the deadly pandemic while 85 have recovered.