19 more patients die, 1,475 new cases emerge in Sindh

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday said that coronavirus has claimed 19 more lives taking the provincial death toll to 634 while 1,475 new cases emerged which raised the total tally to 36,364.

In a statement issued from the CM House on Saturday, Murad said that the death of 19 patients constitutes 1.7 per cent of the total.

“We have 36,364 cases in Sindh against 222,890 tests conducted so far,” the chief minister said.

CM said that at present 17,465 patients were under treatment, 16,138 of them are in self-isolation at their homes, 61 at isolation centres and 1,266 in different hospitals.

“At present, 388 patients are in critical condition, 58 of them have been put on the ventilators,” he said and prayed for their early recovery.

He said that through telemedicine all the patients in home isolation were being treated properly.

“The Sindh government has engaged around 500 doctors all over Sindh to keep in touch with patients in home isolation and provide them treatment,” he said and added in case of emergency they would be shifted to hospitals.

According to CM Murad, 554 patients have recovered and sent to their homes.

“So far 18,265 patients have recovered which constituted 50.3 per cent recovery rate, the highest in the country,” he said.

Providing district-wise break-down of the cases, the chief minister said that out of 1,475 new cases in the province, 990 cases were detected in Karachi. “They include district East 366, Central 223, South 176, Malir 87, Korangi nine and West 48.”

He said that Ghotki has 97 new cases, Larkana 64, Hyderabad 59, Sukkur 56, Jacobabad 26, Dadu 19, Shikarpur 13,  Khairpur 10, Mirpurkhas seven, Sanghar six, Shaheed Benazirabad three, Thatta two, Umerkot, Badin, Jamshoro, Kambar, Kashmore have one each.

Sindh Chief Minister urged the people of Sindh to be cautious of the virus and adopt precautionary measures.