KARACHI: Sindh today (Sunday) reported as many as 399 new infections of the novel coronavirus and 32 more fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to a statement issued by the province’s chief minister Murad Ali Shah.
In the statement, CM Murad informed that 32 more patients lost their lives overnight lifting the death toll to 4,119, while 399 new cases emerged taking the provincial tally to 251,046.
The statement further informed that 9,136 samples were tested, out of which 399 — 4.4 percent — turned out to be positive. So far 2,800,480 tests have been conducted across the province. A total of 227,599 patients have recovered, including 410 overnight.
Currently, 19,369 patients are under treatment, of them 18,762 are in home isolation, 8 at isolation centers and 599 at different hospitals. The condition of 555 patients is stated to be critical.
Out of 399 new cases, 213 were reported from Karachi, including 73 from district East, 68 from district South, 25 Korangi, 25 district Central, 18 West and 13 Malir.
Badin saw 33 new infections, Hyderabad 31, Jacobabad 16, Matiari 13, Sujawal 9, Tando Muhammad Khan 8, Jamshoro 7, Sanghar 6, Dadu 5, Larkana and Nausheroferoze 4 each, Kamber and Tando Allahyar 3 each, Shikarpur and Sukkur 1 each.
