COVID-19 claims 38 more lives, infects another 11901 : CM Sindh.

KARACHI -- As many as 1949 new cases of Coronavirus were detected when 11901 samples were tested while 38 more patients lost their lives lifting the death toll to 1243.

This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here from CM House on Saturday.

He said that 11901 tests, the highest in Pakistan, were conducted against which 1949 new cases of corona were detected that constituted 22 percent detection rate. He added that so far 426149 samples have been tested all over Sindh which diagnosed 78267 cases, of them 55.5 percent or 43444 patients have recovered, including 1452 of overnight recoveries.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said that 38 more patients died lifting the death toll to 1243. The death rate comes to 1.5 percent, said the CM.

According to Syed Murad Ali Shah, currently 33580 patients are under treatment, of them 32127 in home isolation, 78 at Isolation Centers and 1375 at different hospitals. 'I am sorry to say, 696 patients...

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