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People of every age can be affected 

by COVID-19 says CM Murad

KARACHI: 

People of every age are prone to the virus, and therefore, everyone must be careful and maintain social distance, even at home, said Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement on Sunday, as he shared details about the frequency of COVID-19 among people of different age groups.

According to the data provided by the CM, the highest number of people – 311, to be exact – infected by the contagion in Sindh fall in the age bracket of 21 to 30 years and just five of those between the ages of 81 and 90 years tested positive for COVID-19. Besides, 71 children between the ages of one and 10 years, 118 people in the age bracket of 11 to 20 years, 260 persons between the ages of 31 and 40 years, 196 between 41 and 50 years, 226 between 51 and 60 years, 152 between 61 and 70 years and 47 between 71 and 80 years have so far contracted the virus.

He said that 93 more cases of the corona virus and two contagion-related deaths were reported in Sindh on Sunday morning, raising the province’s coronavirus tally to 1,411 and the COVID-19 death toll to 30. Also, 18 patients had recovered between Saturday and Sunday morning, pushing the number of total recovered persons in Sindh to 389 – 28 per cent of the positive cases, he added.