As many as 267 new cases of Coronavirus emerged when 9,918 tests were conducted raising the tally to 138,050 and three more patients died lifting the death toll to 2,520.
A statement issued on Saturday said that 9.918 samples were tested which detected 267 new cases that constituted 2.7 percent current detection rate. He added that so far 1,397,676 samples have been tested against which 138,050 new cases were diagnosed.
Three more patients lost their lives while struggling against the virus lifting the death toll to 2,520 that constituted 1.8 percent death rate.
He added that overnight 81 more patients recovered raising the number of patients recovered so far to 130,811 that came to 95 percent recovery rate.
Currently 4,719 patients are under treatment, of them 4,440 in home isolation, seven at isolation centers and 272 at different hospitals. The condition of 201 patients is stated to be critical, including 39 shifted to ventilators.
Out of 267 new cases, 195 have been detected from Karachi, including 74 from South, 62 East, 30 Central, 11 Malir, nine Korangi and nine West.
Hyderabad has 10 cases, Dady six, Badin five, Larkana and Shaheed Benazirabad three each, Sanghar, Sukkur, Ghotki, Mirpurkhas, Khairpur two each and Jamshoro one each.
