A statement issued on Monday said that 9,080 tests were conducted which produced 20 percent result or 1,776 coronavirus positive cases. The statement added that so far 3,074,12 tests have been conducted against which 55,581 cases were detected, of them 28,023 patients recovered, including 2417 overnight. “This is the highest recovery rate recorded at 50.5 percent of the total patients,” it said. At present 26,705 patients were under treatment, including 24,789 at home isolation, 90 at Isolation centers and 1,826 at different hospitals. He said that out of 1,776 new cases, 1,091 belonged to Karachi. They include 337 South, 258 East, 205 Central, 104 Korangi, 95 Malir and 92 West. The CM said that Kashmore has new 66, Hyderabad 55, Ghotki 41, Khairpur 29, Larkana 29, Jacobabad 26, Sukkur 26, Mirpurkhas 24, Thatta 24, Jamshoro 13, Kambar 11, Shaheed Benazirabad 10, Sanghar 9, Shikarpur 8, Covid-19 transmission rate reaches 20pc in Sindh, Badin 8, Dadu seven, Umerkot 6, Tando Allahar 5, Matiari 3 and Tando Mohammad Khan 2 cases. The government has once again requested the people of Sindh to abide by guidelines given by the experts, WHO and the government.
