KARACHI:
Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday said 2,179 people were diagnosed with coronavirus overnight, out of a total of 9,244 samples tested that day.
Shah added that 435,393 samples have been tested so far in Sindh, of which 80,446 were found positive, accounting for around 18.4 per cent of the total.
The CM informed that the testing capacity in the province has been increased to 12,000 per day, thanks to the laboratories established in Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Gambat and Sehwan, which have been functional since last month.
According to Shah, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences in Hyderabad could conduct 2,000 tests, Syed Abdullah Shah Institute in Sehwan 100, Gambat Institute 300 and Ghulam Mohammad Maher Medical College in Sukkur could analyze 100 samples.
Further, the chief minister said 26 more people succumbed to the contagious disease overnight, taking the death toll to 1,269 in the province. He claimed that the government had reduced the mortality rate by creating awareness among the masses.
Shah added that 34,654 people were currently infected with the virus, of whom 33,110 were in home isolation, 88 were quarantined in isolation centers and 1,456 were being treated in different hospitals. He added that 655 patients were in critical condition and 94 of them were put on ventilators.
At the same time, he said 1,079 more patients had recovered from the contagious disease, bringing the number of recovered people to 44,523, or about 55.5 percent of all those affected.
Furthermore, the provincial capital recorded 1,406 new cases of Covid-19. He presented the distribution by district, indicating that 555 people had been diagnosed positive in the East, 358 in the South, 171 in Korangi, 138 in the Central, 109 in the West and 75 in Malir district.
Besides, Sukkur recorded 86 new cases, Hyderabad 54, Ghotki 40, Khairpur 38, Jamshoro 26, Mirpurkhas 22, Thatta 19, Larkana 17, Sanghar 14, Naushero Feroze 12, Matiari 12, Shikarpur 12, Shaheed Benazirabad nine, Umerkot eight , Dadu. seven, Kashmore and Tando Allahyar three each and Jacobabad one.