More confirm cases of virus reported in Sindh

Sher Afzal

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that out of 274 new cases of coronavirus in Sindh, 202 belong to Karachi and 71 to other districts.

This he disclosed in his video message in which he shared the status of coronavirus with the people of Sindh regularly, said a spokesperson of the CM’s Sindh.

The CM Sindh said that with the death of two more persons following contracting with Coronavirus, the death toll from the infection has risen to 75 while 49 patients are in critical condition. 

He added 274 new cases emerged in Sindh on Friday when 2561 tests were conducted. “this is the situation against which we are struggling to slow down the spread of the virus so that necessary measures could be taken.

Speaking about situation in Karachi, he said that the cases include 88 in District South, 60 in East, 28 Central, 21 in Malir and six in West. The number coronavirus cases in Karachi have reached 2285, the chief minister said. “At present, District Central has 28 cases, East 553, Malir 255, South 736 and West 277,” he said.

The chief minister said that 42 patients have recovered and sent back to their home. “The number of the patients recovered from the infection comes to 772 or 20 percent of the total patients,” he said. Murad said that 3100 patients were under treatment including 1893 or 61 percent in at homes, 767 or 24.8 percent at Isolation Centers and 440 of 14.2 percent in hospitals.

The chief minister said that six different flights have flown back 849 stranded Pakistanis, including 62 crew members and all of them have been tested.

The test results showed that 127 were positive, 696 negative and 26 samples were being tested again.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said that there were 5102 members of Tabligh-e-Jamaat and all of them were tested, as a result 765 of them were diagnosed as positive while the results of four people were pending.

The members of Tabligh-e-Jamaat who have been declared as negative were being sent back to their homes. “The treatment of the patients is under way and hopefully they will recover very soon,” he said.

The chief minister said that after Karachi, Sukkur has shown spread of local transmission with 14 new cases. “The data of other districts is Sukkur 14, Umerkot one, Tando Allahyar one, Sanghar one, Kambar-Shahdadkot one and  Badin one case.

Appreciating doctors, the chief minister said that they were deemed to be at front line but latter realized that they were our last defense line.

“We, ourselves are at the front line and after being infected with coronavirus we go to the doctors as the last defense line,” he said.

Murad said that being chief executive of the province he has taken difficult decisions in the supreme interest of the people of the province. “I had announced strict lockdown from 12 noon to 3 pm and decided to advise people to offer Tarweeh at their homes,” he said.