30 cases of Omicron variant, 756 of COVID-19 detected 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 Friday said that 30 more cases of Omicron variant were detected when 37 tests were conducted while 756 new cases of COVID-19 were detected when 12,961 samples were tested. Murad Ali Shah has said that the province has reported no death from coronavirus during the last 24.
In a statement issued from CM House, the CM Sindh said that between January 2 to 5, 37 samples for Omicron variant were tested which detected 30 more cases lifting the tally to 307. He added that most of the Omicron variant cases were locally transmitted.
CM Murad Ali Shah disclosed that 12,961 tests were conducted across the province in the past 24 hours out of which 756 persons were tested positive for COVID-19. He said that 591 new cases were reported in Karachi alone.
Murad Ali Shah said that at least 91 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 468,558.
He said that at least 7,678 persons have so far died of coronavirus in the province. Murad Ali Shah further stated that the condition of 140 coronavirus patients was stated to be critical. He said that 18 patients in the province are currently on ventilators.
