Sindh’s overall rate of recovery from coronavirus at 81%, says CM Shah

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said Monday at least 897 people recovered from the novel coronavirus across the province over the past 24 hours, bumping the tally to 92,934 and translating into an 81% recovery rate.

In a statement issued from the CM House, Shah said 26 deaths were also reported alongside 546 new infections the past day. The new cases — which took Sindh's total number to 113,553 — were identified after 7,069 tests were conducted.

According to the chief minister, 17,824 of the 18,600 patients currently under treatment were in self-isolation, 64 at isolation centres, and 712 at various different hospitals across Sindh. Of the 535 critical patients, 75 were shifted to ventilators.

Providing a geographical breakdown, Shah said 179 of the 546 new cases were in Karachi. Of those, 50, 38, 38, 27, 19, and seven were in the South, East, Korangi, Central, Malir, and West districts, respectively.

Across Sindh, 29 new cases were identified in Khairpur, 21 in Ghotki, 18 in Sukkur, 17 in Tando Mohammad Khan, 15 each in Sujawal and Jamshoro, 13 each in Larkana and Jacobabad, 11 in Naushahro Feroze, nine each in Umerkot and Matiari, four each in Dadu and Thatta, three in Sanghar, and one each in Shaheed Benazirabad and Badin.