As many as 39 more patients of Coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 6,355 and 1,783 new cases emerged when 21,430 tests were conducted.
This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Thursday.
He added that 39 more patients of COVID-19 lost their lives lifting the death toll to 6,355 that constituted 1.6 percent death rate.
Shah said that 21,430 samples were tested which detected 1,783 cases that constituted 8.3 percent current detection rate.
He added that so far 5,230,652 tests have been conducted against which 407,875 cases were diagnosed, of them 86.7 percent or 353,808 patients have recovered, including 2229 overnight.
The CM said that currently 47,712 patients were under treatment, of them 46,203 were in home isolation, 1,469 at different hospitals and 40 patients in Isolation Centers.
He added that the condition of 1,310 patients was stated to be critical, including 103 shifted to ventilators.
According to the statement, out of 1,783 new cases, 1,013 have been detected from Karachi.
Explaining the statistics of districts wise 318 in Karachi East, 205 Karachi Central, 174 Karachi South, 173 Malir and 106 in Korangi. Shah urged people to abide by the SOPs issued by the government.
