KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Covid-19 infected 1736 other people raising the tally to 99,362 and claimed 22 more lives lifting the death toll to 1637.

This he said on Wednesday in a statement issued here from CM House.

He said that 9318 samples were tested which detected 1736 new cases constituting 19 percent detection rate. He added that so far 533,540 tests have been conducted against which 99,362 cases were diagnosed that came to a 19 percent detection rate. "Our current and overall detection rate stands at 19 percent which is high and worrisome," he said.

According to the statement, 22 more patients died due to coronavirus. So far, 1637 patients have died which constitutes 1.6 percent death rate.

Shah said that currently, 41,352 patients were under treatment, of them 39,199 were in home isolation, 352 at isolation Centres and 1801 at different hospitals of the province. He added that the condition of 655 patients was stated to be critical, of them 75 have been shifted to ventilators.

The CM said that 1697 patients recovered overnight and returned to normal life. So far, 56,373 patients have recovered that constituted a 57 percent recovery rate.

Murad Ali Shah giving district-wise breakup of the new cases said, out 1736 cases 764 were detected from Karachi. They include 317 in district South, 179 East, 110 Central, 65 Malir, 58 Korangi and 35 West.

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