A statement issued from the CM House on Thursday said that enhancing the capacity of the labs, 10,088 tests were conducted against which 3,038 new cases were detected that constituted 30 percent result. “This is the highest number of tests conducted so far and the result is itself the highest since February 26 when first case was diagnosed as positive,” it said and added that the situation was going from bad to worse and every one of us has to understand severity of the situation.Shah said that so far 256705 tests have been conducted which produced 46828 cases that constituted overall 18 percent positive result. 38 patients died over night and now the number of patients died due to infection has reached to 776 that constituted 1.6 percent of the total patients.The statement said that at present 24,005 patients were under treatment, of them 22,324 at their homes, 60 at Isolation Centers and 1621 at different hospitals. Out of 24,005 patients, 636 were in critical condition whereas 79 patients have been shifted on ventilators. The figures state that out of 3,038 new cases, Karachi has produced the highest number of 2,145 cases, including 650 in South, 569 East, 307 Central, 284 Malir, 201 Korangi and 134 West. He said that 95 cases, Hyderabad 88, Larkana 77, Ghotki 67, Nawabshah 26, Shikarpur and Jacobabad have 23 each, Jamshoro and Khairpur 22 each, Dadu 19, Badin 13, Sujawal 11, Matiari 10, Thatta eight, MirpurkhasnadNaushehrofeoze have seven each, Tando Mohammad Khan five, Tando Allahayr three and Kambar-Shahdadkot one case. Experts, keeping in view the present spike in the cases, have projected to exceed 300,000 cases and 5,000 deaths by June 30, if SOPs were not followed in true letter and spirit. The NDMA chairman said that they had provided 99 ICU and portable ventilators to Sindh on two different occasions. The three-star general said the NDMA was made the lead agency on the coronavirus pandemic after a meeting of the National Security Committee on March 14. On March 27, he said. , the National Command and Operations Centre was established and it was tasked to make “strategic-level” decisions. He said that his agency still has the authority to make “operational-level” decisions.
