Around 2,275 more cases reported in Sindh.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that overnight 13,890 samples were tested which led to the detecAtion of 2,275 coronavirus cases in the province, constituting 17 percent results while 41 more patients succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, lifting the death toll to 1089.

'Our testing capacity is the highest in Pakistan and we are still working hard to enhance it,' he said in a statement isAsued here from the CM House on Sunday. 'The figures show 17 percent result, which is the lowest in the last one week. Otherwise, the result has been fluctuating between 21 to 24 percent,' he said, and conjectured this might be the result of selective lockdown.

Murad Shah said that so far 378849 samples had been tested which had helped identify 69,628 cases that showed 18.4 perAcent result. The CM further said that 2,166 more patients had recovered in the province during the last one day, and now the number of patients recovering from the virus so far stood at 36,278 that showed 52.2 percent recovery rate.

The chief minister said, 'Our recovery rate has been recordAed at 52.2 percent and death rate at 1.5 percent, but still we have to improve our recovery rate and reduce the death rate by strengthening our health services and convincing people...