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KARACHI: Sindh has reported as many as 1,343 new infections of the novel coronavirus and 9 more fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to a statement issued on Sunday.
Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah, in a daily media briefing, said that almost 10,270 samples were tested for COVID-19 during the past 24 hours out of which 1,343 tested positive.
“Nine more patients have died from COVID-19 in a single day,” the chief minister said, adding that 851 patients have recovered from the infection during the day. At least 764 patients are said to be in critical condition including 88 people on ventilators.
The numbers of active coronavirus cases stand at 25,201 in the province of which 24,225 are self-isolating at home, 960 are treated at hospitals and 16 are getting treatment at isolation centres.
The chief minister informed that Karachi once again topped in COVID-19 cases as 1,133 people tested positive from the city during the past 24 hours against the total of 1,343 cases of the infection in the province in a day.
Meanwhile, the highest positivity rate of COVID-19 cases was recorded in Karachi at 18.92 percent in the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was told.
While the countrywide positivity ratio stands at 7.98 percent, the number of critically ill coronavirus patients has risen to 2,471 with 72 succumbing to the infection during the previous 24 hours.