KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department has confirmed that it has reported another 35 cases of delta variant of COVID-19 in Sindh including nine members of the same family.

All nine family members including husband, wife and children were shifted to Coronavirus HDU Ward of Lyari General Hospital.

Lyari Hospital In-charge of COVID-19 Ward Professor Anjum Rehman said that the family which has been admitted to the corona ward resides in Malir. “Our staff is on high alert,” he added.

He warned and cautioned people of coronavirus saying that 100 beds out of 130 beds in COVID-19 ward were occupied by the corona patients. The doctor said that the corona ward is being functional under the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College.

According to the reports from June 25 to July 9, 2021, a total of 229 randomly selected samples were genotyped at the National Institute of Virology, which accounts for 24 percent of the total positive samples. Out of these genotyped samples, 15 percent of samples were detected as delta variants.

According to the sources 12 samples were observed as delta variant positive in the District East, while 23 were found from District Central.