Two more Covid deaths, 30 test positive in Kanpur

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Kanpur: Corona positive cases are on a steep rise in the city with 30 more positive cases recorded by the district health department on Sunday.
With the detection of new cases the total corona count is nearing one thousand mark. The Covid death toll of the district also increased to 39 with the death of two more Covid positive patients on Sunday. Of these 39, 28 Covid patients died in the month of June alone.
Meanwhile, 37 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospital on Sunday. So far a total of 570 persons of total 966 cases have been discharged from hospitals after recovering completely.
There are now 357 Corona positive patients undertreatment. District health department informed that 30 new cases had been identified from areas like Keshav Nagar, Lakshmipurwa, Dhankutti, Meerpur Cantt, Khapra Mohal, Shyam Nagar, UHM hospital, Jajmau, Gandhi Gram, Bithoor, Patara, Kakwan, Dalelpurwa, Patkapur, Ratanpur and Pashuptai Nagar in Nabuasta.
The two deceased were identified as a 54 year old man who lived in Dhankutti and was suffering from Type-2 diabetes while the other was a 67 year old man of Govind Nagar. He was also suffering from Type-2 diabetes along with heart ailment and type-1 respiratory failure. Both of them breathed their last in LLR hospital, health department said.
Two patients were discharged from Covid-19 hospital LLR, six were discharged from Maninye Kashiram Sayukt Hospital and 27 from ESI Jajmau hospital. Two more persons were discharged from Rama Ayush wing hospital. Health department also informed that 332 samples were collected on Sunday which would be sent for tests and the results will be awaited.