KARACHI: Sindh on Sunday reported as many as 2,275 fresh coronavirus cases in 24 hours after 13,890 tests were conducted in the province.
Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah in a media briefing said that the total number of infections across the province has reached to 69,628 as the province conducted total 3,78,849 tests.
Shah said that 41 more patients of coronavirus died in the last 24 hours across the province, increasing THE death toll from Covid-19 to 1,089 while 32,261 coronavirus patients are undergoing treatment, including 30,705 who have been quarantined at homes and 48 who are at isolation centres.
Moreover, 1,508 patients have been admitted at different hospitals in the province and 718 of them were in critical condition and 117 are on ventilators.
He maintained that 2,166 patients were recovered on Sunday and the total number of people recovered from the disease in Sindh has risen to 36,278.
Shah said that from the total new coronavirus cases detected in the province, as many as 1,280 were reported in Karachi.
“The city has continued to report the majority of the cases in Sindh,” he said.
In District East of Karachi 395 cases, 363 in District South, 172 cases in District Central, 140 in Korangi district, 99 in Malir and 111 cases reported in District West of the city.
In other parts of Sindh, 74 cases reported in Ghotki, 72 in Sukkur, 64 in Khairpur and 63 cases in Hyderabad district, Shah said.
Shah appealed the people to comply with the lockdown in selected areas of the province by following the SOPs.
He advised the people to avoid unnecessary outgoing and maintain social distancing.
