Cases see slight dip but Lucknow still tops UP's corona tally

LUCKNOW: The city continued to record highest number of Covid-19 cases in the state with 312 more people testing positive on Monday.
There was some relief, however, as the daily count came down after notching 400-plus figures for two consecutive days, but the number of patients getting cured in last 24 hours also dropped to 20 after record 482 and 580 recoveries on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
The city is ahead of other districts in state, both in terms of new cases and overall tally, including active patients. The new cases pushed the city tally to 6,620 since outbreak, of which 3,491 are battling infection at present, while 3,043 have recovered, though 86 could not survive.
Ten cops, including six civil police personnel posted at Chinhat police station, two deployed at other places and a jawan of central police force testing positive, said sources in CMO office.
Six UPSRTC employees, three each from Alambagh and Aishbagh bus stations, also tested positive, taking the number of roadways employees infected by thr virus in two days to 16.
Administrative block and engineering section of Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) were closed for sanitisation after an employee and security guard posted there were found infected, said university spokesperson Rachna Gangwar.
A section of the directorate of basic education at Nishatganj was also asked to closed down for 24 hours for sanitization after two employees tested positive. All other employees are also being tested, said officers.