KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 363 new cases of COVID-19 were reported over the past 24 hours in the province, pushing the tally to 7,465.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement said following this development, the province-wide COVID-19 tally climbed to 7,465 and the death toll reached 130.
Syed Murad Ali Shah said that 214 patients were sent back home after recovery, raising the number of cured persons to 1,555.
He further said “Local transmissions of the novel COVID-19 are still on the rise. However, that the recovery ratio of covid-19 patients seems to be encouraging”, CM added.
He noted that 363 (11.9%) of the 3,032 new tests carried out over the past 24 hours were diagnosed as positive. To date, the Sindh health department has tested 64,052 patients, of which 7,465 (11.7%) were positive, CM said.
The chief minister explained that eight patients succumbed to the novel COVID-19, taking the death toll to 130 (1.7%) of the total patients. Given the lower ratio of those who passed away, he said: “This shows that our recovery ratio is comparatively better.”
Of the 5,780 patients under treatment, 4,638 were in self-isolation, 615 at isolation centres, and 527 at different hospitals across Sindh. The chief minister added that 17 of the 76 patients in critical condition were on ventilators.
Of the 231 cases in Karachi, Shah said 67 cases were in East District, 55 in South, 45 in Central, 28 in West, 21 in Korangi, and 15 in Malir.
In addition, 30 cases surfaced in Larkana, 21 in Ghotki, 13 in Hyderabad and as many in Shaheed Benazirabad, 10 in Khairpur, nine in Jacobabad, eight in Sukur, two in Matiari and one in Dadu, the CM said, adding that the incidence of local transmission cases was particularly high in Larkana and Ghotki.
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