Lucknow: Cyber crooks among 663 new Covid-19 cases

LUCKNOW: There was no let-up in the Covid-19 crisis in the city with 663 more people testing positive for the novel coronavirus infection. This takes the city’s caseload since the outbreak to 12,074. About 6,923 people have also recovered so far.
The new cases included three of the nine arrested members of ‘Jamtara gang’ arrested recently for cyber fraud. Subsequently, the Lucknow cybercell on the first-floor of Hazratganj police station was closed for 48 hours for sanitization. ACP cybercell Vivek Ranjan Rai said all the cops involved in the operation have been asked to home quarantine themselves and are being tested.

Health department sources said four employees in the office of DRM Northern Railway had tested positive during a routine checking drive. Office premises have been sanitized by LMC.
Four asymptomatic nurses at SPM Civil Hospital tested positive during random sampling.
Alambagh reported 32 cases followed by Chowk with 26 cases, Mahanagar (24), Gomtinagar and Hazratganj (23 each), Indiranagar and Bazarkhala (19 each), Jankipuram (18), Aashiana (17) and Chinhat (13).
CMO Dr Rajendra Prasad Singh said aggressive testing of 5,000 people per day had led to detection of more cases witnessed in the form of spike.