KARACHI: As many as 24 more patients of Coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 4,966 and 1293 new cases emerged when 22,043 tests were conducted.
This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Wednesday. He added that 24 more patients of Covid-19 lost their lives lifting the death toll to 4,966 that constituted 1.6 percent death rate.
Shah said that 22,043 samples were tested which detected 1293 cases that constituted 5.9 percent current detection rate. He added that so far 4,031,934 tests have been conducted against which 313,042 cases were diagnosed, of them 91 percent or 284,695 patients have recovered, including 1273 overnight.
The CM said that currently 23,381 patients were under treatment, of them 22,379 were in home isolation, 22 at isolation centres and 947 at different hospitals. He added that the condition of 883 patients was stated to be critical, including 69 shifted to ventilators.
According to the statement, out of 1293 new cases, 764 have been detected from Karachi, including 277 from East, 159 Central, 108 Korangi, 101 South, 65 Malir and 54 from District West.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2021
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