Covid cases rise: 435 test Covid +ve in city

Kanpur: For the second consecutive day, over 400 fresh novel coronavirus cases were recorded by the district health department.
On Tuesday, 459 new cases were recorded and on Wednesday, 435 more tested positive for Covid-19. Thus, in last two days, about 900 new cases were recorded. And now there are a whopping 4,362 active cases under treatment in the district.
Health department, on Wednesday, collected a record high of close to 6,000 samples for Covid test. This is the highest number of samples collected in a time period of 24 hours.
On Wednesday six more Covid patients succumbed. In past month, all 31 days witnessed Covid related deaths and the trend continued in September too. In first nine days of September, 64 Covid deaths have been recorded, which is an alarming figure while the death toll has reached 500.
A spurt in the cases is being seen in the urban areas as people do not follow the social distancing norms and flout the Covid protocol.
Meanwhile, 68 persons were discharged from hospitals after being declared cured of Covid-19 on Wednesday and another 209 completed home isolation. In all 5,212 persons have been discharged so far and 8,403 persons have completed home isolation.
New cases have been identified from localities - Kakadeo, Juhi Colony, Bajariya, Rambagh, Barra Vishwa Bank, Harjinder Nagar, Gwaltoli, Panki, Fazalganj, Kaushalpuri, Arya Nagar, Mandhana, Kidwai Nagar, Darshanpurwa, Ramadevi, IIT, Swaroop Nagar, Keshavpuram, Maswanpur, P. Road, Medical College campus, Sarsaul, Parvati Nagar, Jarauli, Radhapuram, Nawabganj, Pheelkhana, and many other localities.
The deceased were resident of Nazeerabad, Generalganj, Shyam Vihar, Chowk Saraffa, Hanspuram and Shivkatra. Of six deaths, five took place at LLR hospital.