-Overall patient count jumps to 8,678
-Successfully treated patients rise to 1,970
By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: The nationwide tally of Covid-19 patients stands at 8,678 with 3,721 cases in Punjab, 2,764 in Sindh, 1,235 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 465 in Balochistan, 263 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 181 in Islamabad, and 49 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The virus has claimed at least 181 lives while at least 1,970 coronavirus patients have recovered. The total number of tests conducted, so far in the country stands at an access of 104302 with 4,873 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, according to the statistics released by the national dashboard.
Currently, 6,272 patients are being treated at various hospitals and quarantine facilities across the country, while 36 people in Pakistan have recovered from the coronavirus during the last 24 hours.
Earlier on on April 18, highlighting the low number of coronavirus cases recorded across the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the number of Covid-19 cases could see a spike by the middle of the next month.
Speaking at a media briefing in Islamabad, the premier said there would have been 50,000 cases by April 25 as per initial projections but that is not the case. He added new projections suggest the country will see 12,000 to 15,000 patients.
PM Imran Khan took exception to “fake” news about higher number of Covid-19 fatalities in Karachi where he said panic was being spread that more deaths have occurred because of the virus than being reported.
He was of the view that fighting the pandemic and saving people’s lives is a national duty and should not be hindered by such fake news or politics.
Prime minister Imran Khan also said the government’s taking early decisions and imposing an early lockdown are yielding results.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday confirmed that 227 new coronavirus cases have been reported in the province during the past 24 hours, taking the provincial tally to 2767, media reported. In a video statement today, he said 152 cases have been reported in Karachi, 35 new cases in Khairpur, 6 cases in Shaheed Benazirabad, 7 cases were reported from Hyderabad and 8 new infections confirmed in Tando Muhammad Khan.
Murad said that five more deaths from Covid-19 have been reported in Sindh during the past 24 hours, taking the provincial total to 61. The death toll in Karachi stands at 55. He added that 635 people have recovered from the disease so far and a total of 1600 tests were conducted today. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country rose to 8,418 after 425 new infections were reported during the last 24 hours.
According to the government’s statistics, 1,970 patients have recovered from the disease, while 17 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll currently stands at 176. The total number of tests conducted, so far in the country stands at an access of 104302 with 4,873 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, according to the statistics released by the national dashboard.
Currently, 6,272 patients are being treated at various hospitals and quarantine facilities across the country, while 36 people in Pakistan have recovered from the coronavirus during the last 24 hours. The coronavirus tally continues to rise in the business hub of the country as five more people succumbed to the virus in the city, bringing the total number of deaths in Sindh to 61, media reported.
According to details issued by the provincial health ministry, 227 more cases of the virus have been reported in the province including 156 cases emerging from Karachi. “10 more people have recovered from the virus in Sindh province, raising the tally of those recovered to 635,” the ministry said. The overall cases reported from the Sindh province stand at 2762 of which 1690 patients are still battling from the virus, the statistics released from the health ministry showed.
