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Covid positivity rate jumps to 20pc in Karachi with 1,314 new cases
July 17, 2021
The positivity rate of Covid-19 cases reached up to 20.34 per cent in Karachi on Friday where 1,314 people tested positive for the infectious disease with 867 patients hospitalised at various health facilities, of whom 562 were on high flow oxygen and 177 on low flow oxygen.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah shared the information to this effect on Friday. He said another 25 people died of Covid-19 in Sindh during the previous 24 hours, raising the death toll to 5,697 in the province. In the meantime, 931 patients of Covid-19 were under treatment at different hospitals of the province, of whom the condition of 857 was said to be critical and 52 of them were on life support.
Over 1,100 test positive for Covid in Karachi in a single day
July 16, 2021
Covid-19 claimed 25 more lives in Sindh during the previous 24 hours, raising the death toll to 5,672 in the province. In the meantime, 908 patients were under treatment at different hospitals of the province, of whom the condition of 836 patients was said to be critical with 59 of them shifted onto life support.
In addition to 25 more deaths, another 1,466 cases emerged during the last 24 hours when 15,201 tests were conducted, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Thursday in his daily report on the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the province.
He explained that the diagnosis of 1,466 new cases against 15,201 samples constituted a 9.6 per cent current detection rate.
Sindh govt imposes Covid curbs once again
July 15, 2021
The home department of the Government of Sindh on Wednesday issued a fresh notification, through which the provincial authorities ordered the closure of schools, parks, beaches and cinemas until July 31.
The notification reads: “In continuation and in partial modification of the home department’s orders of even number dated February 7, 2021 and July 9, 2021 (three orders), and in pursuance of the decisions taken in the Provincial Task Force on Covid-19 meeting held on July 14, 2021 to review the Covid-19 disease pattern, the Government of Sindh, in exercise of the powers under Section 3(1) of the Sindh Epidemic Diseases Act, 2014 (The Sindh Act VIII of 2015), is pleased to issue the following order for enforcement within the territorial jurisdiction of the province of Sindh.