ISLAMABAD: COVID-19 took toll of positive confirmed infections in Pakistan to 106 as of Monday after more than two dozen new cases were reported in Sindh.
The Sindh health department has confirmed that the number of positive coronavirus cases in the province has reached 88 as of Monday evening.
Of these positive cases, 27 are from Karachi, one is from Hyderabad and 61 are from Taftan, Iran. Two people have recovered and 85 are under treatment. This brings Pakistan’s coronavirus case count to 106 in total.
Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah, in a press conference, said that 23 more people were screened at the Aga Khan University Hospital Monday afternoon, of which 11 people have tested positive for coronavirus. The results of others have yet to be revealed.
The Sindh health department has quarantined pilgrims who arrived in Pakistan via the Taftan border and is testing them.
On Sunday Punjab had reported its first case, while the Sindh government had reported 18 new cases (13 from Sukkur and five from Karachi). One new case was also reported from Islamabad.
Globally, 158 countries have been affected, more than 6,500 people have died and more than 170,000 infected by the disease called ‘COVID-19’ as it spreads rapidly to new territories.
The epicentre of the outbreak has now shifted to Europe, which is recording a rapid rise in new cases every day.
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