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Coronavirus Update: Karachi’s tally surpasses 30,000

KARACHI: Karachi’s overall COVID-19 infection tally surpassed 30,000, with overall 540 deaths, on June 7 when the authorities registered another 1,482 new cases in the mega polis where hospitals’ intensives care units were reportedly under immense pressure due to growing number of critically patients. According

Coronavirus Update: Growing cases detected from interior Sindh

KARACHI: Amidst reports that hospitals were denying treatment to COVID-19 patients, the Sindh health department on June 6 confirmed detection of another 1,475 new cases, including 371 from the interior districts of where the disease was gathering strength, with related 19 new deaths, all reported

Coronavirus Update: Highest single-day death toll in Sindh

KARACHI: Karachi’s intensive care hospital beds were reported filled with critically ill COVID-19 patients on June 5, as the provincial health authorities registered yet another 1,353 new cases, with 40 related deaths, an all days’ highest toll, across the province. Earlier, Sindh had reported a

Coronavirus Update: Another 1,667 infected in Sindh

KARACH: Sindh registered 1,667 new COVID-19 infections, with 20 related deaths, on June 4, as the designated COVID-19 laboratories across Sindh were reported endeavoring for conducting the tests matching to their pre-determined daily maximum capacity. The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, in his

Doctors demand greater resources at hospitals to deal with COVID-19

KARACHI: The leaders of the Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) at a press conference on June 3 at the Karachi Press Club, called the authorities to review the hospitals, particularly those located in Karachi where the COVID-19 load was extraordinarily high. “The hospitals need ventilators

Coronavirus Update: Sindh’s infection tally surges to 30,000

KARACHI: At a time when the government was allowing more and more relaxations in the COVID-19 lockdown, Sindh’s average daily rate of new coronavirus infection jumped to 25.17% for the preceding week on June 2 when its overall infection tally surpassed 30,000 after registration of

Coronavirus Update: Sindh inching to 500 deaths

KARACHI: Amidst concerns that the government has been unable to get desired results from the healthcare providers in the contest of COVID-19 wave, the provincial authorities on May 31 confirmed 16 more related deaths, with 885 new cases of the infection, bringing the overall tally