KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday said that 12 patients of coronavirus had lost their lives in the province during the last 24 hours which was a cause for concern for all citizens.
“This is the highest number of deaths in Sindh since March 19. We have 112 deaths in 34 days which means that more than three patients succumbed to the virus per day; this is an incredibly worrisome situation,” he said in a statement issued from the CM House.
The chief minister said that the number of coronavirus positive cases in Sindh had reached 6,053 which was 11.1 per cent of total 54,377 tests conducted so far, while the number of new cases was 358 out of which 284 belonged to Karachi while District South had the highest number with 72, East was second at 62, West had 58, Orangi had 32, and Malir as many as 15 cases.
“This is not a normal situation,” he observed.
Shah said that the areas of district South where coronavirus had affected the population badly include Bihar Colony with 24 cases, Allama Iqbal area with 14 cases, Agra Taj with 11, Chakiwara with eight, Gazdarabad with 31, Khada Memon Society with three, Nanakwara with 15, Civil Line with 12, Karachi Cantonment with 14, Clifton with 30, CCB-1 with 13, CCB-2 with 10, CCB-3 with 50 and CCB-4 with 11 cases.
He said that Shikarpur had 34 new cases, Dadu six, Hyderabad five, Sanghar four, Sukkur three, Jacobabad two while Thatta, Jamshoro, Matiari and Naushehro Feroze have one case each.
Giving the frequency of deaths by age, the chief minister said that 43 victims were between 60 to 69 years of age, 27 between 70 plus, 26 between 50 to 59 and nine between 40 to 49. He added that 73 per cent of patients who died due to coronavirus were male and the others were female.
He said that the virus had spread all over Sindh and now the worst affected districts of local spread were Shikarpur where 34 new cases had been detected.
