KARACHI: As many as 13 more patients of coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 3,888 and 635 new cases emerged when 6,041 tests were conducted on Saturday.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement said that 13 more patients of COVID-19 lost their lives lifting the death toll to 3,888 that constituted a 1.6 percent death rate.
The chief minister said that 6041 samples were tested which detected 635 cases that constituted 10.5 percent current detection rate.
So far 2,632,545 tests have been conducted against which 240,570 cases were diagnosed, of the 91 percent or 218,688 patients have recovered, including 825 overnight, he added.
Currently, 17994 patients were under treatment, of the 17,059 were in home isolation, 13 at isolation centers and 922 at different hospitals, the CM Sindh informed. He added that the condition of 848 patients was stated to be critical, including 85 shifted to ventilators.
According to the statement, out of 635 new cases, 491 have been detected from Karachi, including 271 from East, 134 South, 33 Central, 22 West, 17 Malir and 14 Korangi. Hyderabad has 104, Shaheed Benazirabad 13, Jamshoro, Ghotki, Larkana, Dadu and Badin 2 each, Khairpur, Shikarpur, Sukkur, Tando Allahyar and Mirpurkhas 1 each.
The coronavirus has claimed 43 more lives in Pakistan, bringing the total death toll to 11,247. According to the National Command and Control Center, 1,927 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in 24 hours and the total number of affected people has reached 530,818.
