17 more people test positive for Covid-19 in Noida, total cases rise to 155

PTI | Updated: May 1, 2020, 21:29 IST

A health worker sanitises outside the emergency ward of a hospital at Sector-30 in Noida. (PTI File Photo)

NOIDA: Seventeen people tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Friday, the highest number of Covid-19 detections in a single day that has taken the district's tally to 155, officials said.
However, two patients were discharged after their treatment for Covid-19, the officials said.
"Total 333 reports have been received in the last 24 hours. Seventeen of them have tested positive and 316 tested negative for Covid-19. The cumulative positive cases of coronavirus in Gautam Buddh Nagar are now 155," district surveillance officer Sunil Dohare said.
He said two patients, a nine-year-old girl and a 39-year-old man, were discharged on Friday, taking the total number of those cured so far to 90.
The number of active cases stands at 65, the official said.