Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Friday that the coronavirus pandemic is rapidly increasing in Karachi and Hyderabad.
He was chairing the Corona Task Force meeting here at CM House to review the latest situation of the pandemic in the province.
Showing concern over a sharp increase in the Covid-19 cases in the province specially in Karachi and Hyderabad, Syed Murad Ali Shah underlined the need for following standard operating procedures (SOPs) designed to contain the pandemic spread.
“We have to bound masses to follow SOPs”, the CM Sindh said and directed the concerned authorities to take stern action over violations of SOPs.
It is to note that on a third consecutive day, the Sindh province on Friday reported more than 500 cases of COVID-19, showing a rising pattern of the virus cases, according to daily report.
“We have performed 10,330 tests of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, which lead to 579 of them returning back as positive cases,” Shah said while sharing the routine Covid-19 tally of the province.
The CM said that the province had already carried out 1,703,818 tests of which 148,922 have been reported back as positive cases of the virus.
“Three people died of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours while 367 of the patients have recovered from the infection,” he said.
The chief minister said that currently, 6,022 patients are being treated for the infection of which 5,729 are being treated at their home while 289 patients are shifted to hospital for medical facilities.
Moreover, at least 216 students and teachers tested positive for COVID-19 during the past 24 hours in Karachi’s district East.
According to the details, a Sindh health department team conducted random Covid-19 testing of students and teachers in the district.
The team had taken samples of 9,158 students and teachers of various government schools. 216 out of 9,158 tests came back positive, confirmed the district health office.
He maintained 8,939 students and teachers tested negative for the versus, adding that the results of 363 tests were yet to be received.
