More containment zones in city than trans-Ganga, Yamuna areas

Prayagraj: With rapid rise in positive cases of coronavirus in city localities, the urban pockets of the district have more number of clusters and containment zones compared to trans-Ganga and Yamuna.
As per the data revealed by the health department, there are a total of 89 clusters including Sadar-city (61), Handia ( 11), Soraon (4), Phulpur (6), Meja (3), Bara (3) and Karchana (1). Similarly, there are a total of 322 containment zones including Sadar-city areas (139), Handia (37), Soroan (21), Phulpur (27), Koraon (7), Meja (21), Karchana (18) and Bara (11).
For instance, a total 24 people tested positive for Covid-19 infection on Monday wherein 20 of them were from urban pockets while rest four from rural areas. From July 1 to13, a total of 346 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in the city and over 92% of them were residents of either old city or upscale localities like Civil Lines, Tagoretown, Georgetown, Chowk, and Lukerganj.
The sudden rise in number of novel coronavirus cases has also put a major dent in Prayagraj district’s recovery rate — which dropped from 72% to 59.65 % till July 13. Ironically, as many as 346 coronavirus cases were surfaced between July 1 and 13 leaving the authorities of health department to run from pillar to post to find out the carriers responsible behind rapid spread. Till June 30, the city had recorded only 286 Covid-19 positive cases while the graph on July 13 stood 647.
As the strength of Covid positive patients is increasing and majority of them hailing from urban areas, the strength of containment zones has also increased in city equally. The city has a total of 139 containments zones compared to trans-Ganga (85) and trans- Yamuna (57). Health officials, however, claimed that teams are working overtime to identify hotspots where maximum cases of positive patients were detected in a particular area in city limits. Besides, the officials were also compiling a data of positive patients detected in city areas between July 1 and 13.
Pointedly, the door to door campaign being taken out by the health authorities has helped health department authorities to compile a data of people who came in contact with positive people in the past 14 days. According to data released by health department, as many as 647 Covid-19 cases were recorded in the city by Monday night. Of these, 386 patients have recovered and have been discharged, while 22 have succumbed to the disease so far. Health department data shows that on July 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5, 6, 7, 8 , 9, 10, 11 , 12 and 13 was 10, 16, 31, 22 ,27, 22, 5, 8 , 52, 49, 35, 45 and 24 cases were reported respectively. A senior health official said, “There are adequate beds in the covid hospitals in district including Covid Level one hospital (41 beds), Covid CHC Kotwa (29), TB Sapru Level two hospital ( 209), SRN Level Three hospital (200) and railway (100). He further added that while 212 patients are currently undergoing treatment at these aforesaid hospitals, 367 beds are still vacant.