1,151 new infections confirmed
4-year-old Hamima wears a protective face mask as she waits with her family for a train at a railway station, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan. PHOTO: Reuters
As many as 1,151 new coronavirus cases emerged in the province on Tuesday, while 1,591 patients recovered and 37 others succumbed to the virus overnight, said Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah on the day.
So far 593,668 tests have been conducted in Sindh which resulted in 107,773 positive cases and has brought the overall detection rate to 18 per cent, according to Shah. He said that the new recoveries and deaths had brought the total recoveries to 65,420 and the overall death toll to 1,863.
Shah further stated that currently 40,490 Covid-19 patients were undergoing treatment, 38,917 of whom were isolated at their homes, 1,161 at hospitals and 412 at isolation centres. He said that 843 patients were in critical condition in the province, with 121 on ventilators.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2020.