3 dead, 33 new Covid-19 cases surface in Jhansi

Jhansi: In an all-time high, 33 new cases of Covid-19 surfaced while three deaths were reported in the district on Sunday. This is the largest number of patients surfacing in a day.
In a Sunday late night medical bulletin issued by Jhansi DM, Andra Vamsi, 33 new cases have surfaced which include two district hospital doctors and three police personnel. Among the doctors, one is the CMS of district hospital who had recently suffered brain haemorrhage and is undergoing treatment in KGMU, Lucknow where his Covid test came out to be positive. The other doctor is the head of the Covid department at the district hospital.
Apart from this, BJP district president has also come out corona positive in the initial test ,however his RT-PCR test result is still awaited.
Among those whoe died is a 60 years old man from Mission Compound while two men aged 55 and 49 years are from the old city.
With this, the total number of positive cases reported in the district has gone up to 277 of which positive turned negative are 105. Apart from this 27 have died so far while 145 are active positive cases.
There has been an alarming rise in the number of positive cases in the district on day to day basis just after the announcement of Unlock 1.0.
Seeing the situation, police and administration on Monday went around the entire city giving strict instructions to follow all the safety protocols failing which people will be penalized.
“Seeing the present situation, we are rapidly increasing the number of sampling for Covid test. For this, we are taking help of IMA and other volunteer organizations. My appeal to everyone is to strictly follow the Covid safety protocol which mainly includes wearing of mask, maintaining social distancing and frequent use of soap and sanitizers. Maximum of the Covid related deaths are related to co-morbidity issues or organ failure,” said DM Vamsi.
Apart from this, a help desk has also been installed at Jhansi Medical College where anyone can go and get the test done for which they have to show their Aadhaar card and give mobile number. Till the result comes, the person has to be in home quarantine. This will help in better treatment of the serious patients, who are already admitted in the medical college.