KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday said that Covid-19 had infected 1,736 people raising the tally to 99,362 and claimed 22 more lives overnight lifting the death toll to 1,637.

In a statement issued here from CM House, he said that 9,318 samples were tested which detected 1,736 new cases constituting 19 per cent detection rate.

He added that so far 533,540 tests had been conducted against which 99,362 cases were diagnosed that came to 19pc detection rate. “Our current and overall detection rate stands at 19 per cent which is high and worrisome,” he said.

So far, 1,637 patients have died which constituted 1.6pc death rate.

Mr Shah said that currently, 41,352 patients were under treatment, of them 39,199 were in home isolation, 352 at isolation centres and 1,801 at different hospitals of the province.

He added that the condition of 655 patients was stated to be critical, of them 75 were shifted to ventilators.

The CM said that 1,697 patients recovered overnight. “So far, 56,373 patients have recovered that constituted 57 per cent recovery rate,” he added.

Mr Shah, giving district-wise details of the new cases, said out of 1,736 cases 764 were detected in Karachi. They include 317 in South, 179 in East, 110 in Central, 65 Malir, 58 Korangi and 35 West.

He added that Hyderabad had 123, Ghotki 122, Khairpur 77, Dadu 53, Qambar 46, Shaheed Benazirabad 40, Shikarpur 38, Jamshoro 36, Sukkur 33, Kashmore 32, Tando Allahyar 30, Umerkot 29, Jacobabad 22, Larkana 16, Mirpurkhas 14, Badin eight, Naushahro Feroze seven, Sanghar four, Matiari and Tando Mohammad Khan one case each.

Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2020