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KARACHI: One more patient died from COVID-19 in Sindh on late Friday, taking the provincial toll to 14.
Sindh Health and Population Welfare Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho confirmed the 54-year-old patient died in Hyderabad.
She said the man had tested positive for coronavirus today and was infected through local transmission.The patient had a neurological disorder, she added. The total number of coronavirus deaths in the province has risen to 14.
It is pertient to mention here that two new deaths from novel coronavirus were reported in the metropolis earlier today.
The minister said that both patients tested positive on April 1st and had got infected through local transmission. The patients were 82 and 60 years old and had underlying health conditions.
Sindh Health Department in a tweet said, “We can confirm 2 more deaths in Karachi. Both patients were tested positive on 1st April & we cases of local transmission. They also had underlying health conditions”.
We can confirm 2 more deaths in Karachi. The patients were 82 and 60 year old. Both patients were tested positive on 1st April & we cases of local transmission. They also had underlying health conditions. This brings the total number of deaths in Sindh to 13. #SindhHealth
— Health, SW, PHE & RD Department, Sindh (@SindhHealthDpt) April 3, 2020