Buyers ignore social distancing while shopping during the lockdown in a market in Old City area in Prayagraj o...Read MorePrayagraj: A pregnant woman and a teenager were among the six new novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases reported from Prayagraj district on Thursday. With these new cases, the district’s tally reached 113.
Nodal Officer and additional chief medical officer Dr Rishi Sahai said that five of the new cases were migrants.
“A 25-year-old pregnant woman from Gari Kala area in Shahganj, who had no travel history, was diagnosed with the disease on Thursday. Besides, a 14-year-old boy from Ugapur village under Pratappur block also tested Covid-19 positive. His father had also tested positive on June 1.”
A 32-year-old man from Harwara in Dhoomanganj, who came back to city from Bhiwandi on May 31 and was quarantined in Kalindipurm, also tested positive for the infection. Besides, a 25-year-old man from Awas Vikas Colony in Jhunsi, who came back from Noida on May 28 and was quarantined later, tested positive. His swab sample was collected on June 2.
Moreover, two more migrants, aged 61 and 50 years and who came back from New Delhi and Mumbai on June 2 and May 11 respectively, were among the new cases which surfaced in the city on Thursday. Sahai said the 61-year-old patient was from Koraon, while the 50-year-old man who came back from Mumbai on May 11 in a truck along with six of his family members, was from Pratappur village.
Till now, 38 active cases have been reported in the city. Of these, while 72 patients have recovered and been discharged and three patients have died due to Covid-19 infection.