COVID-19 claims 17 more lives, infects 654 others: Murad Ali Shah

Karachi, July 29, 2020 (PPI-OT): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 17 more patients of Coronavirus lost their lives lifting the death toll to 2189 while 654 new cases emerged when 9520 samples were tested raising the tally to 220052. This he stated in a statement issued here on Wednesday.

Mr Shah said that 9520 samples were tested which detected 654 cases that constituted seven percent current detection rate. He added that so far 737639 tests have been conducted which detected 120052 cases all over Sindh that constituted overall 16 percent detection rate.

Mr Shah said that overnight 17 more patients died lifting the death toll to 2189 that constituted 1.8 percent death rate. He added that 555 more patients recovered raising the number of cured patients to 109544 that constituted 91 recovery rate.

Murad Ali Shah said that currently 8319 patients were under treatment, of them 7810 in home isolation, 12 at Isolation Centers and 497 at different hospitals. He added that the condition of 407 patients was stated to be critical, including 68 who have been shifted to ventilators. The CM said that out of 654 new cases of corona, 335 have been detected from Karachi, they include 95 from South, 70 East, 65 Central, 46 Malir, 42 West and 26 Korangi.

He added that Hyderabad has 22 new cases, Badin 21, Umerkot 18, Ghotki and Kashmore 17 each, Shikarpur and Tando Allahyar 16 each, Jamshoro 13, Matiari 12, Thatta 11, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazirabad and Tando Mohammad Khan nine each, Mirpurkhas eight, Sukkur 7, Qamber six, Larkana five, Dadu four, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Naushehroferoze and Sujawal three each. The chief minister urged people of Sindh to stay safe particularly during the on- going days of Eid preparations.

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