KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that 10,813 samples were tested which detected 291 new coronavirus positive cases overnight, taking the tally to 138,341. One more patient lost his life overnight, lifting the death toll to 2,521, he said.

In a statement issued here from CM House, he said that so far 1,408,489 samples had been tested against which 138,341 cases were detected which constituted 10 per cent overall detection rate. He added that 219 patients recovered overnight. The number of patients recovered so far has reached 131,030.

According to the CM, currently 4,790 patients were under treatment, of them 4,509 were in home isolation, seven at isolation centers and 274 at different hospitals.

“The condition of 201 patients is stated to be critical, including 35 shifted to ventilators,” he added.

Murad Ali Shah said that out of 291 new cases, 219 were detected in Karachi.

They include 107 in the South district, 59 in East, 30 in Central, 12 in Korangi, seven in Malir and four in the West district.

He said that Hyderabad had eight cases, Sukkur six, Shaheed Benazirabad and Sujawal four each, Sanghar three, Larkana, Mirpurkhas and Tando Allahyar two each, Jacobabad, Umerkot, Kambar-Shahdadkot, Kashmore, Khairpur and Naushahro Feroze districts had one case each.

The CM urged people of the province to follow the SOPs and stay safe.

Published in Dawn, October 5th, 2020