People of every age can be affected by COVID-19, says CM Murad
645 COVID-19 patients kept in home isolation while 60 housed at isolation centres
Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah. PHOTO: PPP/FILE
KARACHI:
People of every age are prone to the virus, and therefore, everyone must be careful and maintain social distance, even at home, said Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement on Sunday, as he shared details about the frequency of COVID-19 among people of different age groups.
According to the data provided by the CM, the highest number of people - 311, to be exact - infected by the contagion in Sindh fall in the age bracket of 21 to 30 years and just five of those between the ages of 81 and 90 years tested positive for COVID-19. Besides, 71 children between the ages of one and 10 years, 118 people in the age bracket of 11 to 20 years, 260 persons between the ages of 31 and 40 years, 196 between 41 and 50 years, 226 between 51 and 60 years, 152 between 61 and 70 years and 47 between 71 and 80 years have so far contracted the virus.
He said that 93 more cases of the coronavirus and two contagion-related deaths were reported in Sindh on Sunday morning, raising the province’s coronavirus tally to 1,411 and the COVID-19 death toll to 30. Also, 18 patients had recovered between Saturday and Sunday morning, pushing the number of total recovered persons in Sindh to 389 - 28 per cent of the positive cases, he added.
The CM further pointed out that of the total positive coronavirus cases reported in Sindh 68.3 per cent were males and 31.7 per cent were females.
“This ratio shows that the virus has affected more males than females,” he said, “as, in most cases, males go outside homes more frequently.” Since many among them ignore the repeated requests to maintain social distance and the advice by health experts, they end up contracting the virus, he elaborated. “And then, they become carriers and take the virus back home.”
He reiterated that people needed to maintain social distance and observe lockdown properly, warning that if not, “we would not be able to contain the virus.”
Giving more details about COVID-19 patients, he said that at present, 645 were kept in home isolation, 60 were housed at isolation centres and 992 were under treatment at different hospitals.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 13th, 2020.
People of every age are prone to the virus, and therefore, everyone must be careful and maintain social distance, even at home, said Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement on Sunday, as he shared details about the frequency of COVID-19 among people of different age groups.
According to the data provided by the CM, the highest number of people - 311, to be exact - infected by the contagion in Sindh fall in the age bracket of 21 to 30 years and just five of those between the ages of 81 and 90 years tested positive for COVID-19. Besides, 71 children between the ages of one and 10 years, 118 people in the age bracket of 11 to 20 years, 260 persons between the ages of 31 and 40 years, 196 between 41 and 50 years, 226 between 51 and 60 years, 152 between 61 and 70 years and 47 between 71 and 80 years have so far contracted the virus.
He said that 93 more cases of the coronavirus and two contagion-related deaths were reported in Sindh on Sunday morning, raising the province’s coronavirus tally to 1,411 and the COVID-19 death toll to 30. Also, 18 patients had recovered between Saturday and Sunday morning, pushing the number of total recovered persons in Sindh to 389 - 28 per cent of the positive cases, he added.
The CM further pointed out that of the total positive coronavirus cases reported in Sindh 68.3 per cent were males and 31.7 per cent were females.
“This ratio shows that the virus has affected more males than females,” he said, “as, in most cases, males go outside homes more frequently.” Since many among them ignore the repeated requests to maintain social distance and the advice by health experts, they end up contracting the virus, he elaborated. “And then, they become carriers and take the virus back home.”
He reiterated that people needed to maintain social distance and observe lockdown properly, warning that if not, “we would not be able to contain the virus.”
Giving more details about COVID-19 patients, he said that at present, 645 were kept in home isolation, 60 were housed at isolation centres and 992 were under treatment at different hospitals.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 13th, 2020.