Sindh records eight Covid-19 deaths in past 24 hours

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Sindh recorded eight Covid-19 deaths over the past 24 hours, which is the highest number of fatalities from the contagion in the province so far, raising the death toll to 56 or 2.1 percent of the total patients within a month.

This was informed by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah through a video message from CM House on Sunday.

He said, "The coronavirus has hit high on Sunday when it claimed eight lives and lifted the death toll to 56 within a month. May God have mercy on us and save our people from this novel virus."

He said that during the last 24 hours 1,520 tests were conducted, of them 182 diagnosed as positive. The number of tests conducted so far comes to 24,458.

It may be noted that on Saturday 138 positive cases came out of 1,666 tests and the positive cases increased to another 182 [cases] when 1,520 more test were conducted. "The positives kept on increasing when more samples are tested," the chief minister said.

Shah said that eight patients of coronavirus lost their lives on Sunday which was the highest toll so far. "The first patient had died on March 19 and after that the highest number of deaths of six patients was reported on April 11 and on Sunday it has claimed seven lives which is quite saddening and painful," he said and added, "the total death toll of a month from March 19 to April 19 has reached to 56 which is 2.1 percent of the total patients."

Shah said that the deaths of 56 patient in a month was quite worrisome and it showed that the coronavirus was claiming more than one life every day, therefore he urged the people to adopt precautionary measures.

Talking about the patients under treatment, the chief minister said that 1,066 were in home isolation, 492 at Isolation centres and 299 were in different hospitals. The total number of patients under treatment are 1,857, he said and added 33 patients recovered and left for their home and the patient recovered so far were 625 which was 25 percent of the total patients.

Giving details of the Tablighi Jamaat people, Shah said that out of 4,724 people 4,346 were tested, of them 494 came as positive. Three Covid-19 patients of Tablighi Jamaat recovered and returned to their home.

Flight from Oman:

The chief minister said that the first flight from Oman brought 176 Pakistanis and they all were tested. "With the grace of God 170 of the Oman-based Pakistanis tested as negative while the result of six others was being awaited." He added that the male passengers had been kept at Labour Colony while female housed in Ramada hotel at airport.