Sindh recorded 14 coronavirus deaths on Thursday -- the highest number of deaths in a single day so far, taking the toll to 171, according to Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.

In a video message on the coronavirus situation in the province on Thursday, he said that 14 more patients have died from coronavirus during the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 171.

Besides, the CM said, 453 persons tested positive for the virus in Sindh on Thursday, raising the number of total reported cases in the province to 9,093. So far, 76,078 tests have been carried out in the province, he added.

He said that 335 of the 453 new cases were reported in Karachi -- 81 in South District, 69 in East District and 91 in Central District. Sindh has virus 9,093 cases and 4,762 of these are in Karachi, the CM explained. He said 112 patients were discharged after full recovery over the previous 24 hours, taking the number of patients recovered to 1,853.

Speaking about the patients under treatment, the CM said that of the 7,069, as many as 5,858 were isolated at their homes, 683 at isolation centres and 528 at hospitals, adding that 87 among them, including 14 on ventilators, were in a critical condition.