Sindh posts 573 new Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths

As many as 2327 samples were tested for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours which resulted in 573 new cases while five more patients died lifting the death toll to 374.
This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued from the CM House on Tuesday. According to the statement, some 2327 tests were conducted against which 573 or 24.6 percent were found positive. The government has tested 161628 samples so far which produced 23507 positive cases which stand 14.5 percent.
Shah said overnight five more patients died taking the death toll to 374 which showed death ratio of 1.6 percent. The CM told that at present 248 patients were in critical condition, of them 49 have been put on ventilators.
At present 14,618 patients were under treatment, including 12931 or 88 percent in home isolation, 794 or six percent at isolation centers and 893 or 6 percent in different hospitals. "This shows that home isolation is being preferred by the patients where government doctors take care of them through phone," he said.
The chief minister told that 542 patients were cured during the last 24 hours and 8515 patients have recovered so far. "Our recovery ratio is 37 percent," he said.
Giving district-wise break up, the chief minister said out of 573 new cases, 467 belonged to Karachi. They include 135 East, 109 Central, 94 South, 77 Korangi, 31 Malir and 21 West.
Hyderabad has 24 cases, Shikarpur 12, Jacobabad 11, Kashmore five, Larkana four, Sukkur three, Umerkot three, Kambar two, Khairpur two, Dadu two and Sanghar one.
The chief minister once again urged people of Sindh to stay homes, observe volunteer lockdown and avoid hand shake and crowding. 'This is the only way to contain the Coronavirus," he concluded.