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Coronavirus Update: Record six deaths in Sindh

By Mukhtar Alam
(Pakistan News & Features Services)


Four men and two women lost their lives at different hospitals of the province, taking an all-day high tally of corona related deaths to six, according to the Sindh health department data updated on April 11. 

A 65-years old woman died at Hyderabad, while other five, including a woman of 60, died of coronavirus at Karachi. The four men having died at Karachi were aged 57, 59, 65 and 75, respectively, said an official of the health department, adding that in all 28 deaths have taken place in Sindh, 25 at Karachi and three at Hyderabad. 

Earlier, Sindh had reported a maximum of three deaths per day on two occasions, March 29 and April 3. 

According to official data, the viral disease has spread in 20 districts, including six districts of Karachi. Sindh tested 12,740 people since February 26, out of which 1,318 were found infected, including 104 tested positive in the last 24 hours ending 8 am on April 11. 

The record suggested that the latest number of daily infection (104) was the third highest while a maximum 119 new infections were reported on March 30 and 116 on March 16. 

The overall rate of coronavirus infection in Sindh came as 10.34%, while the death rate remained 2.10 per hundred infected cases. Those tested for corona so far included expatriates and pilgrims besides those having contracted the virus locally. 

The overall district wise tally of positive corona patients across the Sindh on April 11 was: Karachi (803), Sukkur (274), Hyderabad (176), Larkana (16), Khairpur (14), Tando Muhammad Khan (12), Shaheed Benazirabad (8), Naushehro Feroze (4), Ghotki (2), Jamshoro (2), Sujawal (2), Sanghar (2), Dadu (1), Badin (1) and Jacoababad (1).
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