KARACHI: Sindh today (Friday) reported as many as 915 new infections of the novel coronavirus and 22 more fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to a statement issued by province’s chief minister Murad Ali Shah.
In the statement, CM Shah said that Sindh had recorded 915 new coronavirus infections, which had increased the province’s overall cases to 209,429, while the death toll has reached 3,462.
The chief minister highlighted that in the last 24 hours, 11,692 tests were conducted against which 915 cases were registered, taking the positivity rate to 7.8 percent. “So far, 186,353 patients had recovered from the virus,” the statement added.
CM Murad Ali Shah further said that 19,614 patients were under treatment, of the 3,462 were in home isolation, 16 at isolation centers, and 783 at different hospitals. “The condition of 696 patients was stated to be critical, while 73 were on ventilators,” he added.
Meanwhile, Karachi has recorded 772 cases of the total 915 infections registered in the province. Almost 342 cases had been registered in District East, 162 Central, 115 South, 95 Korangi, 37 Malir, and 21 West.
