KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday said that the coronavirus situation in the province was worsening with increasing current detection rate which reached 6.4 per cent when 11,146 tests were conducted and 14 more patients lost their lives.

“We all have to bring change in our lifestyle by making SOPs as part of our day to day life, otherwise the government will have no option but to take drastic measures.” This he said in a statement issued here from CM House.

Murad Ali Shah said that 14 more patients lost their lives lifting the death toll to 2,704 that constituted 1.8 per cent death rate. “We had 17 deaths stemming from the virus on November 4, 12 on November 6, and 14 on Wednesday,” he disclosed and added “our death rate is 1.8 per cent that is not a high rate but even then, we are losing valuable lives and we have to reduce it by observing experts’ guidelines.”

Published in Dawn, November 12th, 2020