COVID-19 claims 31 more lives in Sindh, infects 2430 others: CM.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah Thursday said that 2430 new cases of coronavirus were detected in the province when 9436 tests were conducted raising the tally to 89225 cases while 31 more patients died lifting the death toll to 1437.

In a statement issued here from CM House, the chief minister said that 9436 samples were tested against which 2430 new cases of coronavirus emerged constituting the 26 percent detection rate.

He added that so far 471023 tests have been conducted which diagnosed 89225 cases all over Sindh, of them 49926 have been cured, including 1399 overnight. 'The recovery rate in the province stands at 56 percent,' he said.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said that 31 more patients died lifting the death toll to 1437 that constituted 1.6 percent death rate. He added that currently, 37893 patients of COVID-19 were under treatment, of them 36072 in home isolation, 243 at isolation Centers and 1578 at different hospitals.

He disclosed that currently 754 were in critical condition, of them 101 have been shifted onto the...

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