COVID-19 claims 15 more lives in Sindh: Murad Ali Shah

COVID-19 claims 15 more lives in Sindh: Murad Ali Shah

Pakistan

Murad Ali Shah said that 18 patients in the province are currently on ventilators.

KARACHI (Dunya News) – Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 15 more patients of coronavirus have lost their lives in the province whereas 587 new cases were confirmed during the last 24 hours.

According to a statement issued here on Tuesday, CM Murad Ali Shah disclosed that 10,601 tests were conducted across the province in the past 24 hours out of which 587 persons were tested positive for COVID-19. He said that 255 new cases were reported in Karachi alone.

Murad Ali Shah said that at least 851 patients have recovered from the disease in the province in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of patients recovered from the disease to 506,700.

He said that at least 8,000 persons have so far died of coronavirus in the province. Murad Ali Shah further stated that the condition of 236 coronavirus patients was stated to be critical. He said that 18 patients in the province are currently on ventilators.