Bureau Report
KARACHI: The metropolis has witnessed a decline in community transmission in the past three days with the coronavirus positivity rate dropping to single-digits, Sindh Health Department said on Monday.
Four of our Karachi’s districts Malir, Korangi, West, and Central saw the positivity rate fall down to single-digits with Malir and Korangi recording the lowest rate at 2%. District West reported 3% while Central’s rate stood at 4%.
The province confirmed 854 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, raising the accumulated tally to 242,053.According to Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, the death toll climbed to 3,900 as the virus claimed eight lives on Sunday. With 11,497 tests conducted across the province, the positivity rate stood at 7.4%.
