Eight more Covid-19 deaths, 492 new cases
Coronavirus claimed eight more lives in the province overnight, said Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday, adding that the death toll in Sindh had reached 2,647.
Moreover, he said that as many as 492 more cases had emerged from the 9,531 samples tested on the day, pushing the virus tally to 147,787 in the province.
Shah stated there were 5,507 active Covid-19 patients in Sindh, of whom 5,218 were in home isolation, 287 were being treated at different hospitals and two were quarantined in isolation centres. He added that 191 patients were in critical condition, with 29 of them on ventilators.
According to the CM, of the new cases, 354 were detected in Karachi. Moreover, Hyderabad saw 32 fresh cases, Tando Mohammad Khan 13, Jamshoro nine, Thatta seven, Khairpur six, Matiari five, Dadu, Ghotki, Sujawal, and Sukkur four each, Badin, Jacobabad, and Shaheed Benazirabad three each, Shikarpur and Sanghar two each and Larkana one.
On the other hand, 357 more people recovered from the contagious disease overnight.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 5th, 2020.