HYDERABAD: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 309 as five new cases have been reported here in Hyderabad during the last 24 hours. As per the daily report issued by the deputy commissioner, 39 COVID-19 patients were under treatment at isolation wards of different hospitals and 70 are quarantined at homes. In district Hyderabad, as many as 2,334 COVID tests have so far been performed, out of which 305 were positive, 188 recovered and four patients had died, the report said. According to the report, a total of 401 members of Tableeghi Jamaat have been tracked and tested for COVID-19 in the district, of them, 133 out of 154 positive cases were reported in Qasimabad. Out of total 305 COVID-19 positive cases in the district, 167 are in taluka Qasimabad, 82 in Taluka city, 46 in Latifabad and 6 in rural Hyderabad.

Source: Pakistan Today May 05, 2020 15:33 UTC