COVID-19 cases cross 10,771 in Sindh, govt reports 1080 new cases
KARACHI: The Sindh province witnessed a record increase in the number of Coronavirus cases in last 24 hours, said Sindh chief minister Syed Murad Ali Shah here on Saturday.
“The province reported 1,080 Covid-19 cases in a day’s span,” the Chief Minister claimed. With 1,080 new cases over the last 24 hours, Sindh has become the first province to report more than 1,000 cases in a day since the pandemic began.
In a video message, the chief minister said, “we conducted 5,498 tests, out of which almost 20 per cent [1,080] results have come out as positive.” He added that 583 cases are reported in Karachi whereas 277 cases in Pir Jo Goth village of Khairpur district.
The Chief Minister added that new cases have taken the provincial tally to 10,771.
“We conducted some tests of various shop owners and customers at different shops and vegetable market which came out as positive,” Murad said.
He expressed concern over this exponential growth of Covid-19 cases in Pir Jo Goth village and urged people to understand the gravity of the situation.
“This is a very small village where so many cases have been reported,” he said. “The virus spread there because a woman went to Hyderabad and then came back.”
Ordering a strict lockdown in village, CM Murad said that he is worried about the current situation in Sindh.
“The cases are rising exponentially. We are in the second phase of the lockdown and have to take more precautionary measures,” he added.
Sindh CM Murad Shah said that some of the cases in Karachi are from people the government randomly tested at grocery stores and vegetable shops. He urged citizens to take responsibility for the safety of their lives.
Karachi woman with Covid-19 gives birth
In the second case of its kind in Karachi, a woman who was diagnosed with Covid-19 last week has given birth to a healthy baby boy, and the baby has initially tested negative for the virus, officials said.
The baby was born through a scheduled caesarian section and weighed 3.1 kilogrammes at birth.
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