The Sindh province on Wednesday recorded more than 1,300 Covid-19 cases in a day for the second consecutive day, with 933 cases from Karachi.
A routine briefing on Covid-19 situation said 1,348 virus cases were reported within last 24 hours after performing 12,159 tests. Eight Covid-19 patients lost their lives during the past 24 hours, raising the provincial death toll from the virus to 2,864.
Currently 16,953 Covid-19 patients are being treated in the province of which 641 are said to be in critical condition including 58 of them on ventilators. The report said that 607 patients have recovered from Covid-19 during the past 24 hours.
District South reported most of the cases,343, followed by 338 cases in district East, 92 in district Central, 83 in Malir, 52 in Korangi and 25 cases in district West.