Highest one-day surge in district’s Covid-19 count

Prayagraj: Prayagraj registered its highest single-day surge in novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases till now as 31 persons — including 14 bank employees and two policemen — were diagnosed with the disease in the city on Friday.
The new cases took Prayagraj district’s tally to 343.
Nodal officer and additional chief medical officer Dr Rishi Sahai said, “The 14 employees of a private bank are aged between 24 years and 41 years. They had come in contact with an infected colleague, who tested positive for Covid-19 three days back.”
He said that four of the bank employees were asymptomatic and were sent to Covid-19 Level One Hospital for treatment.
The fresh cases included two policemen — sub-inspector (32) and a constable (31) — who were posted at a police outpost in Kydganj. They too had come in contact of a Covid-19 positive patient, who was diagnosed with the disease on Tuesday.
“A 43-year-old resident of Mumfordganj also tested positive for novel coronavirus on Friday. The man had complained of fever and breathlessness, but did not have any travel history,” the ACMO added.
A 32-year-old woman and resident of Leader Road also tested positive for the virus, while undergoing a pre-operative procedure.
Moreover, a 40-year-old man from Shivkuti area in Govindpur tested positive for infection. A 59-year-old man and his 24-year-old son were diagnosed with the disease after complaining of cough and fever. “The two live on Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg and had returned from Pune via a flight on June 12,” said the nodal officer.
A 47-year-old man living on Noorullah Road was admitted to SRN Hospital with respiratory distress, fever and breathlessness and later tested positive for novel coronavirus on Friday. Three members of a family aged between 29 years and 54 years and who lived in Mutthiganj also tested positive for Covid-19. Sahai said that the three are primary contacts of a Covid-19 patient, who was diagnosed in Lucknow and is undergoing treatment at SGPGI.