Sindh has reported 1,769 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the provincial caseload to 230,718, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said in a statement.

The province also recorded 14 more deaths. Sindh's death toll from Covid-19 has reached 3,744.

A total of 14,519 tests were carried out in the province during the last 24 hours. Out of the 1,769 new cases, 1,458 are from Karachi.

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