400 patients recovered at Sukkur isolation centre, says health official

SUKKUR: More than four hundred people kept at Tablighee Markaz isolation centre in Sukkur have recovered from the coronavirus disease, a health department official said on Saturday.

District Health Officer (DHO) Sukkur has said that the patients recovered at isolation centre being sent to their homes.

The recovered patients being allowed to go home after they tested negative for COVID-19, the DHO said.

Earlier on April 10, another 70 individuals kept in isolated quarantine facility had been declared fit and healthy after spending more than 14 days at the isolation centre.

Commissioner Sukkur Division Shafique Ahmed Mahesar had said that a total of 40 pilgrims currently in the facility had been tested out of which 30 tested negative for coronavirus.

70 pilgrims who had been given a clean bill of health had departed for their homes after final approval from the doctors.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country witnessed a sharp increase and rose to 7,481 on Saturday, while eight deaths were also reported during the last 24 hours which took the death toll to 143.

According to the government’s statistics, 1,832 patients have recovered from the disease.

Currently 5,506 patients are being treated at the various hospitals and quarantine facilities across the country.

The total number of tests conducted, so far in the country stands at 92,584 with 6,416 tests conducted in last 24 hours, the statistics released by the national dashboard.