Karachi, October 24, 2021 (PPI-OT):As many as 3 more patients of Coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 7,551 and 379 new cases emerged when 16,546 tests were conducted. This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Sunday. He added that 3 more patients of COVID-19 lost their lives lifting the death toll to 7,551 that constituted 1.6 percent death rate.

Mr. Shah said that 16,546 samples were tested which detected 379 cases that constituted 2.3 percent current detection rate. He added that so far 6,317,049 tests have been conducted against which 466,861 cases were diagnosed, of them 95.9 percent or 447,615 patients have recovered, including 183 overnight. The CM said that currently 11,695 patients were under treatment, of them 11,436 were in home isolation, 29 at isolation centres and 230 at different hospitals. He added that the condition of 228 patients was stated to be critical, including 16 shifted to ventilators.

According to the statement, out of 379 new cases, 51 have been detected from Karachi, including 23 from East, 8 Korangi and Malir each, 6 South, 4 West and 2 Central. Hyderabad has 56, Thatta 43, Mirpurkhas 20, Dadu and Sujawal 19 each, Sanghar 18, Shaheed Benazirabad 16, Naushero Feroze 15, Jamshoro 14, Larkana 13, Umerkot 12, Sukkur 10, Kashmore 9, Ghotki 7, Shikarpur 5, Jacobabad 4, Badin 2 and Khairpur 1. The chief minister urged people of the province to follow SOPs.

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