KARACHI: The novel COVID-19 has claimed two more lives and infected at least 376 people during the past 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed infections to 145,815 in Sindh province.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued from CM House said that 7479 samples were tested against which 376 new cases were diagnosed that constituted a 5 percent current detection rate.
The chief minister said that so far 1,643,450 tests have been conducted which detected 145,815 cases, of the 95 percent or 138, 669 patients have recovered, including 241 overnight.
Shah said that two more patients lost their lives while struggling against the virus lifting the death toll to 2627 that constituted a 1.8 percent death rate.
He said that currently, 4,555 patients were under treatment, of the 4319 are in home isolation, one at an isolation center and 235 at different hospitals. He said that the condition of 179 patients was stated to be critical, including 30 shifted to ventilators.
Out of 376 new cases, 264 belonged to Karachi, including 145 from South, 56 East, 22 Central, 20 Korangi, 13 Malir and eight West.
Hyderabad has 15, Kambar 11, Kashmore 10, Jacobabad eight, Sukkur five, Badin four, Ghotki, Matiari, Thatta and Larkana three each, Shikarpur and Sujawal two each, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazirabad, and Dadu one each.
Pakistan witnessed more than 1,000 cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day surge since July.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the total number of COVID-19 cases rose by 1,078 to 332,186 as the second wave of the deadly virus continues its toll. Twenty people died in the past day due to complications from the virus, lifting the death toll from the highly contagious disease to 6,795.
As many as 32,933 tested were conducted resulting in the emergence of 1,078 fresh infections. The number of active cases stands at 11,864 while 632 are said to be in critical conduction.
