F.P. Report
KARACHI: As many as 19 more patients of Coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 4,263 and 392 new cases emerged when 10,691 tests were conducted.
This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Wednesday. He said that 19 more patients of COVID-19 lost their lives lifting the death toll to 4,263 that constituted 1.6 percent death rate.
Shah said that 10,691 samples were tested which detected 392 cases that constituted 3.7 percent current detection rate. He added that so far 2,903,464 tests have been conducted against which 254,677 cases were diagnosed, of them 93 percent or 237,371 patients have recovered, including 872 overnight.
The CM said that currently 13,043 patients were under treatment, of them 12,569 were in home isolation, 13 at isolation centers and 461 at different hospitals. He added that the condition of 423 patients was stated to be critical, including 56 shifted to ventilators.
According to the statement, out of 392 new cases, 241 have been detected from Karachi, including 75 from South, 67 East, 44 Malir, 35 Central, 16 West and 4 Korangi. Hyderabad has 19, Thatta 17, Mirpurkhas 15, Matiari and Umerkot 10 each, Jacobabad and Jamshoro 9 each, Khairpur 8, Dadu 7, Kamber, Tando Allahyar and Tando Muhammad Khan 6 each, Badin 5, Ghotki and Larkana 4 each, Shikarpur and Sujawal 3 each, Nausheroferoze 2, Kashmore 1.
The chief minister urged people of the province to follow SOPs.
Coronaviris claims 30 more lives in Punjab: The pandemic coronavirus claimed another 30 precious lives in 24 hours whereas 504 new cases were reported on Wednesday in the province which turned the death toll to 5,114. According to the data shared by the spokesperson for the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (PP&SHD), the number of coronavirus cases in the province reached 165,200.
The PP&SHD confirmed that 269 new cases of the COVID-19 were reported in Lahore, six in Sheikhupura, 10 in Kasur, one in Nankana Sahib, 22 in Rawalpindi, two in Jhelum, six in Gujranwala, three in Mandi Bahauddin,13 in Sialkot, two in Narowal, seven in Gujrat, 55 in Faisalabad, one in Toba Tek Singh, nine in Jhang, 22 in Chineot,13 in Sargodha,one in Mianwali, two in Bhakkar, five in Khoshab,11 in Multan, seven in Vehari, nine in Muzaffargarh, four in Dera Ghazi Khan, eight in Bahawalpur,14 in Rahimyar Khan, one in Okara and one new case was reported in Sahiwal district during the last 24 hours.
