34 more people die of Covid-19 in Sindh

As many as 34 more patients have succumbed to Covid-19, lifting the death toll in the province due to the virus to 1,747, said Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday

Furthermore, 1,452 people were diagnosed with coronavirus overnight, from the 10,815 samples tested for the virus, he added. The number of infected people in Sindh has soared to 103,820 as a result.

Shah apprised 41,634 people were currently infected with the virus, of which 39,967 were in home isolation, 1,265 were being treated in hospitals and 402 were being quarantined at isolation centres.

Moreover, 743 patients were said to be in critical condition and 109 of them had been put on ventilators.

On the other hand, 1,274 people regained health overnight, taking the number of recovered patients to 60,439, constituting 58 per cent of the total cases.

The Sindh CM mentioned that of the newly reported cases in the province, 585 had emerged in the provincial capital.

Further, Shaheed Benazirabad saw 113 new cases, Shikarpur 111, Dadu 88, Hyderabad 75, Jacobabad 65, Sanghar 39, Sujawal 44, Kashmore 35, Umerkot 30, Naushero Feroze 26, Qambar-Shahdadkot 23, Ghotki 15, Badin 13, Thatta 11, Jamshoro six, Larkana four, Khairpur two and Matiari one.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 12^th, 2020.