RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: As many as 798 new cases of coronavirus emerged when 11,009 samples were tested raising the tally to 117,598 while 25 more patients lost their lives lifting the death toll to 2,135.

This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Saturday. He said that 11,009 samples were tested against which 798 new cases were diagnosed that constituted 7 percent current detection rate. He added that so far 699,326 tests have been conducted which detected 117,598 cases all over Sindh that constituted overall 17 percent detection rate.

Shah said that overnight 25 more patients died lifting the death toll to 2135 that came to 1.8 percent death rate. 528 more patients recovered and returned to normal life, he said and added the number of patients recovered so far has reached to 104,019 that constituted 88 percent recovery rate.

The CM said that currently 11,444 patients were under treatment, of them 10,784 in home isolation, 29 at Isolation centers and 631 at different hospitals. He added that the condition of 429 patients was stated to be critical, of them 66 have been shifted to ventilators.

Shah said that out of total 798 new cases of coronavirus, 456 have been detected from Karachi; they include 110 from Central, 106 East, 105 South, 70 Korangi, 34 West and 31 Malir.