301 new coronavirus cases in Karachi: total cases rises to 13,304 in Pakistan

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali shah said that 301 new cases were reported in Karachi and the government will have to establish more field hospitals and isolation centres.

The chief minister said, “3,077 of Sindh’s total number of coronavirus cases — 4,615 — had been reported from Karachi.”

Pakistan on Sunday recorded nearly above 1,000 new cases of coronavirus, the biggest one-day jump in cases since February 26, when the contagious virus first emerged in the country.

After the emergence of new cases, the toll stood at 13,304 with 2,866 recoveries and 272 deaths. Punjab had 5,378 cases, Sindh 4,615, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 1,793, Balochistan, 721, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) 308, Islamabad 235 and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) 55.

“This is the highest figure ever reported during the 61 days of the COVID-19 emergency. This illustrates that the situation is going from bad to worse and that we will have to take extraordinary measures to get it under control,” he further said.

The chief minister also said that 3,028 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, which was the highest number of tests carried out in a single day.

Punjab Chief Minister Usmaz Buzdar shared additional 52 cases for April 25, taking the day’s total to 527 — the province’s highest so far. He also confirmed three more deaths in addition to the 10 earlier, marking Punjab’s highest daily death toll at 13.

Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) GB’s General Secretary Dr Fida Hussain said that at least 50 people in GB have contracted coronavirus due to a lack of precautionary measures.

“Similarly, seven paramedical staff from City Hospital also tested positive for the coronavirus. This is an extremely alarming situation,” he added. He requested the government to enforce a stricter lockdown in the region and said that it was “unfair” that salaries of frontline parademics were being cut during a lethal pandemic.

KP Chief Minister’s Adviser Ajmal Wazir, during a media briefing, made a strong appeal to the people to take precautions, pointing out that so far, there is no cure for the coronavirus.

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