Sindh reports 885 new coronavirus cases, 16 more deaths

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said 885 new cases of COVID-19 have detected while 16 more patients died during the last 24 hours.

In a statement on the COVID-19 situation, CM Murad Ali Shah said 885 new infections were detected when 4,100 tests were conducted.

 He said 16 more people died from the disease during the last 24 hours, taking the number of fatalities 481- a 1.7% mortality rate in the province, he added. CM said, “Of the total, 334 patients or 31% are in critical condition. Of these, 62 are on ventilators.”

The chief minister said currently 13,954 patients are under treatment in Sindh out of which 12,773 were in home isolation, 108 at isolation centers and 1,073 at different hospitals across the province.

He said that 553 more patients were recovered in the last 24 hours and have returned to their homes. Murad Ali Shah, while sharing the district-wise breakdown, informed that out of 885 new cases, 617 cases were from Karachi.

They include 184 in district East, 146 in district South, 127 in district Central, 27 in district Korangi, 46 in Malir and 41 in West.

He said Sukkur has 37 cases, Khairpur 34, Ghotki 27, Hyderabad 25, Larkana 24, Jacobabad 24, Shikarpur 16, eight each in Jamshoro and Sanghar, Mirpurkhas five, Kambar and Badin three each, Shaheed Benazirabad two, Matiari, Dadu, Tando Allahyar and Tando Mohammad Khan have one each.

The chief minister urged the citizens to follow SOPS and avoid going out of their home without any solid reason.

While sharing data for the identification of bodies recovered from the PIA plane crash, the chief minister said that out of 97 bodies, 75 have been identified and handed over to their families.

“Now, eight bodies are in the mortuary of Chippa and 14 at Edhi,” he said. He added that the process of matching the DNA of the remaining bodies is in progress.