KARACHI: The Sindh province has witnessed 1150 new cases of Covid-19 out of tested 5103 samples while 27 more patients lost their lives lifting the death toll to 1205, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah stated.

In a statement issued here from the CM House, Murad Shah told that 5103 tests were conducted which detected 1150 new cases that constituted 22 percent detection rate.

"This is one of the highest rate and we have to control it by following the guidelines issued by the experts, the government and the WHO," he said. He added that so far 414248 samples have been tested which detected 76318 cases all over Sindh. "This constitutes over all 18.4 percent detection rate," he said.

According to the CM, 27 more patients died lifting the death toll to 1205 which constitutes 1.5 percent death rate. He said that 1252 patients recovered overnight and the number of patients recovered so far has reached to 41992 that constituted 55 percent recovery ratio.

Currently 33121 patients are under treatment, of them 31668 in home Isolation, 78 at isolation Centers and 1375 at different hospitals, the CM said and added that at present 672 patients were in critical condition, of them 110 have been shifted to ventilators.

Murad Ali Shah said out of 1150 new cases of Covid-19, 1050 belonged to Karachi, they include 322 East, 300 South, 143 West, 111 Central, 88 Malir and 86 Korangi. Hyderabad has 22 new cases, Jamshoro and Ghotki seven each, Dadu four, Larkana, Sukkur and Thatta three each and Umerkot and Sanghar two each and Shaheed Benazirabad one case.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020