662 cases coronavirus cases, including 190 of stranded Pakistanis detected: CM Sindh.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 662 new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed while six more people lost their lives. Thus, the death toll has reached to 118 or 1.76 percent of the total patients.

This he said in his message released from the CM's House on Friday.

The chief minister said that 3384 tests were conducted against which 622 new cases emerged. He added that so far 57,761 samples have been tested against which 6675 cases emerged.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said that six patients lost their lives while struggling against the virus. So far the number of death have reached 118 which constituted 1.76 percent of the total patients. 'At present 5262 patients are under treatment, of them 4044 or 77 percent are at home isolation, 733 at isolation centers and 485 at different hospitals,' he said and added 45 patients were in critical condition while 16 of them are on ventilators.

Giving details of the stranded Pakistanis, the chief minister said that 483 landed at Jinnah Terminal by three flights, Dubai, Sharja and Colombo. He added that 190 passengers were diagnosed as positive when tested. The CM Sindh said that out of 190 positive cases, 92 belonged to Sindh, 56 to Punjab, 24 KPK and 18 to Balochistan.

Sharing the data of Karachi, the chief minister said that 446 cases have been reported...