Eight more patients recovered and their tests for coronavirus came out negative in Sindh on Tuesday, spokesperson for the provincial government MurtazaWahab said.
The total number of recovered patients in the province stands at 49, Advisor to CM on Law Murtaza Wahab tweeted. “People should learn that isolation or social distancing is the only cure to corona virus. These 49 isolated themselves, can you?” A patient lost his life while battling coronavirus in Sindh earlier today, bringing the provincial death toll to eight. This is a second death during the past 24 hours from the virus in the province.Sindh Health Minister Azra Fazl Pechuhu said the 70-year-old patient was a resident of Karachi and admitted to hospital last night.
“The patient had a history of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Diabetes,” she said adding that he was admitted at the hospital on March 26.
It is to note that overall 128 people have tested positive for the virus in Hyderabad of which 116 were members of Tableeghi Jamaat, staying at a mosque in the city.
The virus-infected people have been shifted to a quarantine centre in Liaquat Medical and Health Sciences Hospital, she said. Moreover, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah said that there are 627 coronavirus patients in the province including 272 pilgrims that constitutes 43 percent of the total cases. “Ï appeal to the masses to remain indoors because we could only fight against this virus with the support of the public, he said and warned that in case of non-cooperation, it would become difficult to overcome the pandemic.”
