As many as Covid-19 claimed three more lives lifting the death toll to 2438 and infected 289 when 13049 samples were tested raising the tally to 131,404.according to a statement issued on Thursday. Ccoronavirus claimed three more lives lifting the death toll to 2439 that constituted 1.9 percent death rate. 101 more patients recovered, raising the tally of the patients recovered so far to 126,704 that constituted 96 percent recovery rate. 289 patients were detected when 13,049 tests were conducted that constituted two percent current detection rate. So far 1,095,416 samples have been tested against which 131,404 patients were diagnosed all over Sindh that came to 12 percent overall detection rate. Currently 2,261 patients are under treatment, of them 1,956 in home isolation, six at isolation centers and 299 at different hospitals. The condition of 146 patients is stated to be critical, including 14 shifted to ventilators. out of 289 new cases, 198 have been detected from Karachi, including 115 from South, 36 East, 18 Central, 14 Malir, 10 Korangi and five West. Thatta has 16 cases, Hyderabad 15, Badin 14, Sanghar and Tando Mohammad Khan three each, Ghotki, Kambar, Larkana and Sukkur two each, Tando Allahyar, Jacobabad, Jamshoro, Naushehroferoze, Shaheed Benazirabad and Shikarpur one each. A new study by Aga Khan University (AKU) researchers reveals that 9 out of 10 people infected with coronavirus in Karachi experience no symptoms of the disease although the metropolis has been reporting the most COVID-19 cases in the past. The research report, prepared in collaboration with US-based international collaborators Dr Bailey Fosdick and Dr Daniel Barremore, noted that “the proportion of asymptomatic cases in Pakistan is much higher than in the developed world”.
