Staff Reporter
As many as five patients of coronavirus lost their lives lifting the death toll to 2,322 and 278 new cases emerged raising the tally to 126,182, a statement issued here on Sunday said.
Five more patients died overnight lifting the death toll to 2,322 that constituted 1.8 percent death rate. 147 more patients recovered rasing the number of patients recovered so far to 119,572 that came to 95 percent recovery rate.
9,044 samples were tested against which 278 new cases of coronavirus emerged that constituted three percent detection rate. So far 891,530 tests have been conducted which detected 126,182 cases all over Sindh. The overall detection rate comes to 14 percent. Currently 4,288 patients were under treatment, of them 3,888 in home isolation, eight at isolation centers and 392 at different hospitals. The condition of 216 patients was stated to be critical, of them 34 have been shifted to ventilators.
Out of 278 new cases, 144 have been detected from Karachi. They include 57 from South, 28 East, 23 Central, 15 West, 13 Korangi, eight Malir.
