City records 125 Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 1852

TNN | Jul 29, 2020, 04:05 IST

Social-distancing norms were blatantly defied by the locals at a vegetable market on Tuesday

Prayagraj: With 125 fresh novel Covid-19 cases, the Prayagraj district tally hit the mark of 1,852 on Tuesday.
The city also recorded one death on Tuesday and the number of Covid-19 patients who succumbed to the disease shot up to 50.
Besides, as many as 61 Covid-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals on Tuesday.
Nodal officer and additional chief medical officer Dr Rishi Sahai said, “A total of 125 persons tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. The patients were between the ages of 18 and 72 years. Most of the patients admitted on day had contracted the disease after coming in contact with an infected person.”
Till now, a total of 979 people have been cured and discharged from Covid hospitals.
Meanwhile, the rising number of coronavirus infection cases in Sangam city has set alarm bells ringing in the health department and prompted it to take up an extensive awareness campaign among the masses with an aim to combat the spread of the disease.
The tally of Covid cases in the Sangam city has crossed the 1,800 mark, and as a result, Prayagraj district has the highest number of containment zones in the range.
In fact, number of positive cases in Prayagraj district is four times more than the neighbouring districts like Pratapgarh and Kaushambi.
If the statistics of health department is to be believed, Prayagraj district has a total of 1,852 cases by Tuesday whereas 979 patients have been cured and discharged from the hospitals.
While Pratapgarh district has a total of 293 cases by Monday evening and 158 of them have been cured and discharged, Kaushambi has a total of 331 cases and 260 of them have been cured and discharged.
A senior health official pointed out, “ The testing facilities have been increased in both rural and urban pockets and as a result, more cases were surfacing.”
He added, “Now, the Covid-19 testing facilities are available at all community health centres of the district. We are more focusing on collecting samples of primary and secondary contacts of Covid patients to contain the spread of the disease,” he added.