The four-day death toll from the intense heat wave in the city has risen to 475.
According to Sindh Health Minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar, 181 patients have died in Jinnah Hospital, 62 in Civil Hospital, 68 in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, 12 in New Karachi Hospital and over two dozen have breathed their last in private hospitals across the city.
There are reports of more people dying at homes due to severe heat and dehydration. According to officials, people over the age of 40 are more susceptible to the heat wave.
Pakistan´s Met Office said temperatures hit 43 C in Karachi on Sunday and 49 C in the southwestern city of Turbat, close to the Iranian border.
