16 more Covid-19 patients die in Sindh.

KARACHI -- As many as 16 more patients of coronavirus died overnight and 225 new cases emerged when 9,052 tests were conducted.

This was stated by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Wednesday.

He said that the death of 16 more patients during the past 24 hours lifted the death toll to 4,388 in Sindh, constituting 1.7 per cent death rate.

Mr Shah said that 9,052 samples were tested which detected 225 cases that constituted 2.5pc current detection rate.

He added that so far 3,045,244 tests had been conducted against which 258,903 cases were diagnosed, of them 96pc or 248,184 patients recovered, including 326 overnight.

The CM said that currently 6,331 patients were under treatment, of them 5,993 were in home isolation, nine at isolation centres and 329 at different hospitals. He said that the condition of...