Coronavirus claims 22 more lives, infects 1,736 more people: CM.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Wednesday that COVID-19 infected 1,736 more people, raising the tally to 99,362 and claimed 22 more lives, lifting the death toll to 1,637 in Sindh. In a statement issued from CM House, he said that 9,318 samples were tested which detected 1,736 new coronavirus cases constituting 19 percent detection rate. He added that so far 533,540 tests had been conducted against which 99,362 cases were diagnosed that came to a 19 percent detection rate. 'Our current and overall detection rate stands at 19 percent which is high and worrisome,' he said.

According to the statement, 23 more patients died due to coronavirus. So far, 1,637 patients have died which constituted 1.6 percent death rate. Shah said that currently, 41,352 patients were under treatment, of them 39,199 were in home isolation, 352 at isolation centers and 1,801 at different hospitals of the province. He added that the condition of 655 patients...