More migrants test +ve, 42 new cases in east UP

Varanasi: More and more migrant workers returning from Mumbai, Surat and other cities have been testing positive for novel coronavirus infection and increasing the Covid-19 case graph in east UP region. The trend continued as 42 migrants tested positive on Sunday.
As many as 19 cases were detected in Ghazipur district, including 14 labourers from just one village. Seven new cases were detected in Ballia, six each in Mau and Azamgarh and four in Bhadohi.
Additional chief medical officer Ghazipur Dr Umesh Kumar said, “A batch of 76 migrant labourers had returned to Nasirpur Survat village in Kasimabad area from Mumbai by train on May 21. They all had been quarantined and their samples were collected. When the reports came, 14 were found infected. Five more cases were found in Saichanpur village of Jamania, Devkali, and Birno.”
Till now, the highest number of Covid-19 cases in a single day was 18 on May 20. Now, total cases in Ghazipur have risen to 122 of which 56 are active.
Mau chief medical officer Dr Satish Chandra Singh said two real brothers, a woman and three migrants, from Ranipur, Mohammadabad, Kopaganj, Pardaha and Ghosi area, who had returned from Mumbai, Haryana and Delhi, tested positive in the district on Sunday. Now, Covid-19 cases in Mau have increased to 29, including two who got cured and were discharged from hospital.
DM Ballia Hari Pratap Shahi said seven new cases were detected in the district on Sunday from Ratsar village in Gadwar, Chakra Prasadpur of Pandah, Dihwa village of Nagra, Kaithwali of Sohao and Belahri of Bahadur area. They all are migrants. With new figures, total cases in Ballia reached to 49 of which 12 have recovered.
In Azamgarh, six new cases on Sunday pushed the district figure to 94. CMO Azamgarh Dr A K Mishra said an employee of district hospital and five persons of Bhilampur Pavai, Mejwa Phoolpur, Mortienganj, Telipur Nizamabad and Berina Vishwambharpur tested positive.
In Bhadohi, four new cases, including a health employee, were reported on Sunday, taking the district’s Covid-19 tally to 43, including three casualties.