Coronavirus hit high with 14 deaths, 453 new cases diagnosed: CM Sindh.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that since March 19 when we had one death stemming from coronavirus and today we have 14 deaths within 24 hours taking the toll to 171.

'Though the deaths in terms of total patients is 1.9 percent yet we are losing our precious lives and we can control it if we all observe standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines of the experts in true letter and spirit,' he said this in a statement issued from the Chief Minister's House on Thursday.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said that the first case of coronavirus was reported on February 26 and the first death occurred on March 19, 2020.

'Today on the 72nd day of pandemic we have 9093 cases and from March 19 to May 7 means within 49 days coronavirus has claimed 171 lives. 'This is the situation I want to share with each and every individual living in the province so that they can assess where we are heading and how we have to reshape our lives during the on-going pandemic,' he said.

He said that when 3534 tests were conducted against which 453 new cases were diagnosed. The tests conducted so far come to 76,078 against which 9093 cases have been detected, he said.

He said that out of 453 cases, 335 cases belong to Karachi including 91 cases belong to District Central, 81 South, 69 East, 33 Korangi, 33 Malir and 28 to West. 'We are increasing the intensity of the random tests at grocery and vegetable shops and this will help to detect more cases of local spread,' he said.

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