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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 25 more patients of COVID-19 died overnight lifting the death toll to 3,925 and 739 new cases emerged when 11,083 tests were conducted.
In a statement issued here from CM House, he said that 25 more patients of Coronavirus lost their lives lifting the death toll to 3,925 that constituted 1.6 percent death rate, said a statement on Tuesday.
Syed Murad Ali Shah said that 11,083 samples were tested against which 739 cases were detected that constituted 6.7 percent current detection rate. He added that so far 2,664,891 tests have been conducted which diagnosed 242,792 cases, of them 91 percent or 221007 patients have recovered, including 1055 overnight.
The CM Sindh said that currently 17,860 patients were under treatment, of them 16,955 were in home isolation, 12 at isolation centers and 893 at different hospitals.
He added that the condition of 814 patients was stated to be critical, including 89 shifted to ventilators. Out of 739 new cases, 505 have been detected from Karachi, of them 196 from South, 162 East, 50 Malir, 48 Central, 27 Korangi, and 22 West. Hyderabad and Matiari have 61 each, Ghotki 20, Jamshoro 12, Tando Muhammad Khan and Shaheed Benazirabad 11 each, Umerkot 10, Jacobabad 9, Sujawal 7, Larkana 4, Badin 2, Tando Allahyar 3, Khairpur, Shikarpur, Mirpurkhas, Saghar, Kambar and Kashmors 1 each. The chief minister urged people of the province to follow COVID19 standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Coronavirus claims 40 more lives in Punjab: The COVID-19 pandemic claimed another 40 lives in 24 hours, whereas 700 new cases of coronavirus were reported on Tuesday across the province.
According to data shared by spokesperson of Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) ,the number of coronavirus cases in the province reached 154,717 whereas the death toll reached 4,608.
The P&SHD confirmed that 395 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Lahore, 2 in Kasur, 2 in Sheikhupura,1 in Nankana Sahib,26 in Rawalpindi,6 in Jehlum,2 in Attock, 2 in Gujranwala,14 in Sialkot,3 in Narowal,25 in Gujrat,45 in Faisalabad,7 in Toba Tek Singh, 1 in Chineot,16 in Sargodha,4 in Jhang,25 in Multan,1 in Vehari,1 in Lodharan,10 in Dera Ghazi Khan, 2 in Rajanpur, 12 in Bahawalpur,11 in Bahawalnagar, 32 in Rahimyar Khan, 8 in Pakpattan, 44 in Okara and 3 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Sahiwal district during the last 24 hours till filing of this news. Punjab health department conducted 2,844,554 tests for COVID-19 to date, while 139,421 confirmed cases recovered altogether in the province.
