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Coronavirus Update: No respite yet

By Mukhtar Alam
(Pakistan News & Features Services)



Sindh reported yet another 1,465 new COVID-19 cases, with 26 related deaths of patients living in the province, on June 8, pushing the tally of infections registered in Sindh to 39,555 and deaths to 679 including eight children.

According to the official summary of the disease, as many as 1,477 peoples were tested positive for coronavirus during the last 24 hours, ending at 9 am on June 8, while the new deaths figured as 29. 

Among the new cases, there were 12 persons who lived outside the province and were received at Karachi, upon their return from abroad, thus increasing the number of such citizens to 216, with a total 14 deaths. 

In the meantime, the number of infections in children living in the age brackets of 0-9 years also continued increasing in Sindh. There were 1,693 such age group children who were reported COVID-19 positive till June 2, which increased to 1,974, with eight deaths, according to an official report updated on June 8.

The health department’s daily summary revealed that another 1,075 people tested positive for the virus during the last 24 hours, whereas the latest accumulated death toll stood as 564. In all 24 new COVID-19 deaths occurred in Karachi. 

Already with 16,261 isolated at homes, government centres or hospitalized, the megapolis didn’t witness any respite from the disease. 

The 24 people who lost lives either in hospitals or homes included 18 men aged between 35 to 78 years, while six women were in the age brackets of 55 to 91 years. 

On the other hand, Shaheed Benazirabad and Larkana districts witnessed one death each of 60 and 85 years respectively, while three other deceased persons (aged 43, 55 and 74) were registered as out of province residents. 

Apart from Karachi, other districts of Sindh also reported new COVID-19 infections during the last 24 hours, including Hyderabad (57 cases), Shaheed Benazirabad (39), Sanghar (34), Ghotki (34), Tharparkar (36), Khairpur (30), Larkana (26), Dadu (17), Sukkur (15), Badin (13) and other districts. As many as 8,513 people were tested during the last 24 hours.
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