Staff Reporter
Overall 2,287 fresh cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the Sindh province during past 24 hours after 11,197 tests were performed during the said period, ARY NEWS reported quoting Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah.
While divulging details of daily coronavirus tally, the chief minister said that the virus claimed 15 more lives in the province during past 24 hours, raising the overall death toll to 831.
“As many as 53,805 cases of the COVID-19 have been reported in the province so far after the provincial health authorities performed 298,332 tests,” he said.
“We have 27,368 active patients of the virus in the province as nearly half of them, that is 25,606 have so far recovered from it,” Murad Ali Shah said adding that 1219 patients have recovered from COVID-19 during past 24-hours.
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He said that Karachi, which remains most affected from the pandemic, has reported 1499 cases today.
Meanwhile, A large number of prisoners infected with coronavirus has recovered at Karachi Central Jail.
Senior superintendent of the Karachi Central Jail, Hassan Sahito, confirmed that 894 prisoners and 11 staffers of the Karachi Central Jail were infected with the coronavirus. He added that 274 inmates have recovered from the virus so far.
The police officer detailed that 120 prisoners were declared critical out of which 90 inmates recovered their health. “We are conducting more tests of other prisoners while many inmates managed to defeat COVID-19 due to best arrangements made by the jail administration.”
After their health recovery from the virus, the prisoners have reportedly celebrated at the central prison.
It is noteworthy to mention here that more than 200 prisoners and nine officials had been detected with COVID-19 on May 19 which led the Sindh Prisons’ department to issue directives for the special arrangements for the protection of all prisoners. Following the orders, the jail superintendent had made arrangements for coronavirus detection tests and social distancing measures.
