1564 new cases of COVID-19 emerged, 21 patients died: CM Sindh.

KARACHI -- As many as 1564 new cases of coronavirus emerged and 21 more patients died overnight lifting the tally to 72656 and death toll to 1124 respectively.

This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here from CM house on Tuesday.

The CM Sindh said 6597 tests were conducted against which 1564 new cases of coronavirus were detected that showed 23 percent detection rate.

He added that so far, 395287 samples have been tested which diagnosed 72656 cases all over Sindh that came to 18.4 percent result.

According to the CM Sindh, 21 more patients died overnight lifting the death toll 1124 that constituted 1.5 percent death rate.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said that 1357 more patients recovered and discharged to normal life and the number of patients recovered so far has reached to 38401 that constituted 53 percent recovery rate.

'We are working hard to improve recovery rate further and reduce death rate by conducting as much test as possible so that timely treatment of the detected cases can be started,' he said.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said that 33131 patients were under treatment, of them 31535 in...

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