Murad says cases are on the rise since Eid; meeting mulls more restrictions
Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah: SCREEN GRAB
KARACHI:
The Sindh government decided on Saturday to retain the current restrictions in the province, amid a surge in the Covid-19 cases, for another two weeks.
The decision was reached at a meeting of the coronavirus taskforce led my Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah.
Murad told the meeting that the highest number of 24,299 samples were tested in Sindh yesterday. As a result, 2136 new cases were reported.
At present the positivity ratio in Sindh is 8.8 per cent, the chief minister added.