KARACHI: The novel COVID-19 has claimed six more lives and infected at least 1,983 people during the past 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed deaths to 2,968 in Sindh.
In a statement on the daily COVID-19 situation in the province, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said the novel COVID-19 has claimed 2,968 lives across the province since the pandemic broke out.
The province reported 1,983 new coronavirus cases, including 1,702 from Karachi, he added. Murad Alis Shah informed the number of active cases in Sindh stands at 20,481. Of them, 712 patients are in critical condition.
The second wave of the pandemic has taken over Pakistan, compelling the authorities to shut down educational institutions across the country and announce new restrictions to contain the spread of the virus.
Pakistan has recorded fresh 2,829 COVID-19 cases and 75 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with the fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases now currently stands at 403,31.
The total count of active cases increased up to 49,780. A total of 35,197 tests were conducted across the country in the past 24 hours which reported the new infection.
The total number of patients recovered from the virus has reached 345,365 while 5,584,976 samples have been tested thus far.
