As many as 14 more patients of Coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 7,905 and 863 new cases emerged when 10,390 tests were conducted.
This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Sunday. He added that 14 more patients of COVID-19 lost their lives lifting the death toll to 7,905 that constituted 1.5 percent death rate. Syed Murad Ali Shah Shah said that 10,390 samples were tested which detected 863 cases that constituted 8.3 percent current detection rate. He added that so far 7,665,014 tests have been conducted against which 549,421 cases were diagnosed, of them 91 percent or 500,454 patients have recovered, including 582 overnight.
The CM said that currently 41,062 patients were under treatment; of them 40,614 were in home isolation, 45 at isolation centers and 403 at different hospitals. He added that the condition of 360 patients was stated to be critical, including 37 shifted to ventilators.
According to the statement, out of 863 new cases 467 have been detected from Karachi. According to district wise statistics 178 South Karachi, Hyderabad 140, East Karachi 101, Korangi 99, West Karachi 29, Dadu and Sujawal 24 each, Thatto and Sanghar 22 each, TM Khan 21, Badin 20, Matiari 17, Nawab Shah 16, Mirpurkhas and Noushehro Feroz 15 each, Jam Shoro 11, Thar Parkar 10, Malir and Tando Allahyaar 9 each, Larkano and Umarkot 7 each, Khairpur 2 and Sukhar one new covid cases reported.The report states that with regard to vaccination, in the last 24 hours, 615,153 covid vaccines have been given, while 37,320,287 or 68.71% vaccines have been vaccinated till February 5, 2022.
Earlier, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah while giving information about the situation of Omicron said that 48 more samples were tested which detected 41 cases. All these 41 Omicron cases have been reported from Karachi. He said that so far 699 Omicron cases were diagnosed across Sindh.
