No deaths from Covid reported since Saturday

About 258 new cases emerged in 24 hours

KARACHI:

People heaved a sigh of releief as the fourth consecutive day passed without a single death attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to a statement issued from the Chief Minister House, fortunately no death stemming from Covid-19 was reported on Tuesday, however 258 new cases emerged when 7,627 tests were conducted. The current detection rate was 3.4 per cent, the statement said. Currently 9,086 patients were under treatment, of them condition of 77 patients was stated to be critical, including four shifted to ventilators.

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According to the statement, out of 258 new cases, 85 have been detected from Karachi. Hyderabad has 30, Shaheed Benazirabad 24, Jamshoro 18, NausheroFeroze 17, Tharparkar 12, Dadu nine, Tando Muhammad Khan eight, Sanghar and Shikarpur seven each. Sharing vaccination data the CM House statement said that during the last 24 hours 105,844 people received anti-Covid vaccines. In total, 48,676,003 people or 88.67 per cent of the vaccine eligible population has been innoculated against the pandemic.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 16^th, 2022.