COVID-19 claims 8 more patients, infects 707 others.

KARACHI -- As many as eight more patients of coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 5, 144 and 707 new cases emerged when 15, 115 tests were conducted.

This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Monday.

He said that eight more patients of COVID-19 lost their lives lifting the death toll to 5, 144 that constituted 1.6 percent death rate.

Shah said that 15, 115 samples were tested which detected 707 cases that constituted 4.7 percent current detection rate.

He added that so far 4, 209, 547 tests have been conducted against which 324, 518 cases were diagnosed, of them 91 percent or 295, 504 patients have recovered, including 668 overnight.

The CM said that currently 23, 870 patients were under treatment, of them 22, 980 were in home isolation, 25 at isolation centres and 865 at different hospitals. The condition of 815 patients were...