209 new cases of coronavirus have emerged during last 24 hours: Murad Ali Shah

Karachi (HRNW) Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 209 new cases of coronavirus have emerged during the last 24 hours, of them 132 are from Tabligh Jamaat and 77 of Karachi particularly of katchiabadis.
In his video message in which he reached out to people of Sindh and overseas Pakistanis said that during last 24 four hours (from 8 am to 8 am of April 16 & 17), he said that 2372 tests were conducted, of them 209 new cases detected. The tests conducted so far come to 21272 which resulted in 2217 positive cases.
Mr Shah disclosed that two more coronavirus patients died due to infection. The number of deaths so far has reached to 47 which is 2.1 percent, he said and added 1589 patients were still under treatment including 872 in home isolation, 469 at Isolation centers and 248 in hospitals.
He said that five patients recovered completely and sent back to their homes with a certificate of recovery. He added that 581 patients have recovered so far which was 26 percent of the patients.
Tabligh Jamaat: The chief minister said there were 4692, of them 4653 have been tested. According to results,429 have been diagnosed as positive while 91 results were awaited.
He said that the coronavirus positive [patients] of Tabligh Jamaat have been kept in isolation, therefore they would not be able to spread the virus and added those who were positive and roaming here and there were like a bomb to affect any body.
Karachi: The chief minister said that with heavy heart he was disclosing that except people Tabligh Jamaat, all the 77 new cases have been detected in katchiabadis of the city.
Giving district-wise break up of 77 cases, the chief minister shared the data as follows:
South: It has 30 cases detected from Lyari, Kharadar and Lee Markeet. Burns Road and kalapul, Shoe Market, Saddar and Garden areas.
East: Mr Shah said that east has 16 cases and they have been detected from the areas of Gulbahar, Johar, Sharif Colony, Khalil Colony and KECHS.
Korangi: District Korangi has six cases detected from Nasir Colony, Shareef Colony, Faisal Colony, and PIA Society.
Malir: District Malir has six cases which are located in Landhi and Gulshan-e-Hadeed.
West: District West has eight cases which are located in the areas of Afghan Basti, Katchiabadis, Northern Byepass and Baldia.
Central: District Central, the chief minister said that has 11 cases and most of them are in their slum areas. He said the Central was thickly populated, therefore more precautionary measures should be taken by the resident of the area.
New strategy: The chief minister said that under the new strategy the hotspots where more cases were being detected would be closed completely. “I am quite upset with the spread, therefore without observing complete social distancing and isolation of the people we would not be able to contain the virus,” he said and added the collection of samples from the hotspots of the city have been increased.
Message to overseas Pakistanis: Addressing overseas Pakistnis, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that the data available with him showed that the Pakistanis living abroad have been affected by Coronavirus more than the Pakistanis living in the country.