KARACHI: Sindh government has imposed a micro smart lockdown in three towns of the District Central to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the areas.
A notification issued by the district administration on Monday stated that multiple areas of Gulberg, Liaquatabad and North Nazimabad will be under lockdown, which will remain imposed till May 30.
Citizens have been directed to stay indoors unless absolutely necessary and a ban has been placed on public and religious gatherings as well as pillion riding on motorcycles.
According to the notification, medical and grocery stores in the areas will, however, remain open. Meanwhile, the coronavirus has claimed 74 more lives and infected 3,232 during the past 24 hours across Pakistan.
According to National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the novel coronavirus has claimed 74 more lives across Pakistan during the past 24 hours, surging the death toll to 19,617 on Monday.
As per the NCOC data, 3,232 new COVID-19 cases were reported during the same period. It said that overall 880,362 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the country of which 792,522 have recovered from it. The positivity ratio was recorded at 8.8o percent in the last 24 hours.
As many as 36,725 tests were conducted to diagnosis the deadly virus in the past 24 hours. The total number of tests currently stands at 12,480,767. While 4,443 patients are said to be critical.
Punjab reported the most 327,362 cases followed by Sindh with 299,194 infections, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported 127,038 infections, while Balochistan has registered 23,866 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country.
The federal capital, according to NCOC, reported 79,221 cases and federally administered areas including Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) witnessed 5,423 and 18,258 cases respectively.
