The Sindh government has conducted 167,906 tests so far against which 15 percent or 25,309 cases were diagnosed. 16 more patients died due to coronavirus infection and now the number of patients died so far has reached to 396 which constituted 1.6 percent of the total patients. He added that 287 patients were in critical condition while 39 have been put on the ventilators. “may Allah help them to recover at the earliest,” the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Muhrad Ali Shah prayed. He said that at present 13,723 patients of coronavirus were under treatment, of them 12146 in different hospitals, 661 in Isolation Centers and 916 at different hospitals. The good news is that 1,924 patients have recovered and the number of the patients who recovered from the virus attack came to 11,190. “This is the highest figure of the cured patients which comes to 44.2 percent,” he said and added he was happy to see the recovery rate but simultaneously gloomy to witness the death of 16 more patients. Sharing district-wise data, the chief minister said that Karachi as usual was at the top in terms of local transmission. Out of 1103 new cases Karachi has produced 905, Mr Shah said and added Malir has 249 cases, South 201, East 175, Central 131, Korangi 100 and West 49. Sindh Chief Minister said that Hyderabad has produced 32 new cases, Shikarpur 21, Larkana 20, Sukkur 19, Ghotki 18, Jacobabad 11, seven each in Jamshoro and Kambar-Shahdadkot, two each in Dadu and Mirpurkhas while one each in Sanghar, Nawabshah and Thatta.
