Share:Covid has further claimed 68 more lives in the past 24-hour period on Sunday with 4,445 fresh cases emerged of the virus countrywide, said the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data. In the past 24-hour cut-off period, NCOC said it conducted 55,002 COVID-19 tests which resulted in 4,445 infections. Relevant to note that the NCOC announced to lift lockdown imposed in the Sindh province from August 09 while continuing with other restrictions on movement. The Sindh province had announced to impose lockdown in the province from July 31 until August 08 citing a spike in COVID-19 cases. A session of the NCOC in Karachi was held at the CM House hosted by Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah.

Source: The Nation August 08, 2021 05:03 UTC