Pak
istan on Tuesday reported its 100th death from the novel coronavirus after four more died of the disease in Sindh. “The death rate has increased from 2.1% to 2.3% in th
e province,” Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said in a video statement. Speaking about the new cases in t
he country, Shah said th
e province has recorded 66 new cases in the last 24 hours and four more deaths to take th
e provincial tally of fatalities to 35.
“Some 663 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours out of which 66 came back as positive. So far, we have conducted 14,503 tests,” he shared. Read also: Doctors in Baloch
istan are being forced to buy their own protective gear to guard against coronavirus The chief minister further said 671 patients were in isolation at their homes, while 58 were under treatment in isolation centres and 327 in different hospitals in the city. As of now, there are 1,056 patients under treatment,” Shah said. Eight patients have recovered in the last 24 hours taking the numbe
r of recovered patients in th
e province to 42
7, he noted.
