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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, 9...

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 Cov...

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 Govern...

Amid a fourth wave The situation is particularly bad in Sindh province where the Covid-19 positivity rate has climbed to 7% July 15, 2021 The number of daily coronavirus cases in the country has more than doubled over the last two weeks — from 979 on June 30 to 1980 on July 13. Many an expert sees this rise as a strong indication of the onset of a fourth wave of the raging pandemic. Even worse, the cases involved those of the highly virulent Delta variant — one that has wreaked havoc in India and many other countries. The situation is particularly bad in Sindh province where the Covid-19...

• Asad warns of India-like situation • Sindh closes schools, indoor dining, cinemas, recreational places • NCOC launches portal to address public complaints KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: As active coronavirus cases across the country surpassed 40,000, with positivity rate reaching as high as 17.11 per cent in Karachi, federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar warned that Pakistan could face a situation similar to that in India if ‘right decisions’ were not taken. Meanwhile, the Sindh government decided to close indoor dining, schools from class I to VIII, r...