KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday said that three more patients of Covid-19 died overnight and 665 new cases emerged when 12,343 tests were conducted.

He said the death toll in Sindh had reached 2,687 that constituted 1.8 per cent death rate.

He added that 262 more patients recovered overnight raising the number of patients recovered so far to 140,812 that constituted 95pc recovery rate.

Mr Shah said that currently 7,335 patients were under treatment, of them 7,021 in home isolation, four at isolation centres and 310 at different hospitals.

He added that the condition of 283 patients was stated to be critical, including 35 shifted to ventilators.

The CM said that out of 665 new cases, 503 were detected in Karachi, including 190 in South, 166 in East, 65 in Central, 31 in Korangi, 26 in West and 25 in Malir.

He said that Hyderabad had 40 cases, Badin 24, Shaheed Benazirabad 12, Jamshoro 11, Sanghar 10, Dadu and Tando Allahyar six each, Ghotki five, Khairpur and Shikarpur four each, Larkana, Qambar and Tando Mohammad Khan three each, Thatta and Matiari two each, Sukkur, Sujawal and Umerkot one each.

Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2020