LUCKNOW: Sixteen new coronavirus positive cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, taking the total tally in the state to 88, officials said.
Of the COVID – patients, 19 have fully recovered and discharged. Gautam Buddh Nagar district alone has reported 88 cases, they said.
“So far, the number of samples which tested coronavirus positive is . Of this, 36 patients have fully recovered and discharged. The maximum cases have been reported from Gautam Buddh Nagar, where were from just one factory, “Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad told reporters on Monday.
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“In Meerut, 16 cases have been reported, all of which are relatives and acquaintances of one infected person. ”
Prasad said of the total cases reported so far, 430 are from two clusters.
Cluster containment work is on, he said, explaining that if more than one patient is reported in a cluster, every house in a radius of three kilometer is Thoroughly scanned and if any symptom is reported, the residents of the said house are quarantined and their samples tested.
“If just a single case is reported in a cluster, we do containment in a radius of one kilometer,” Prasad said, adding so far 2, 430 samples have been sent to different laboratories, of which 2, have tested negative.
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