COVID-19 current wave could become manifold larger: Azra Pechuho.

KARACHI -- Present wave of the novel coronavirus could become four times bigger than the first wave of pandemic, quoting provincial health minister, media reported on Saturday.

Sindh's Minister for Health Azra Fazal Pechuho today said that COVID-19 cases spreading in thousands adding that daily 16,000 to 18,000 diagnostic tests being conducted in the province.

Existing winter wave of the disease could become manifold bigger than the spike in summer, the minister warned.

Overall 237 ventilators are available in Karachi hospitals for coronavirus patients, while the number of high dependency Unit (HDU) beds has been 828, health minister further said.

Moreover, 1536 beds are available at isolation wards, Pechuho stated.

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in a session today said that the countrywide positivity ratio of Covid-19 cases was recorded at 6.59 per cent in the country in past 24 hours.

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