AGRA: About 95.98% of patients have been declared cured of Covid-19 and discharged in Agra, out of the 10,110 cases reported in the district. On Wednesday, the number of active Covid cases dropped to 236.
Moreover, at least 29 new Covid positive cases surfaced in Agra till Wednesday evening, taking the district tally to 10,110. The patients included one staffer of the SN Medical College and a patient of the district hospital. Besides, there were three patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome, three of influenza-like illness, two of severe acute respiratory infection, two of coronary artery
infection and one kidney patient.
Also, 29 Covid patients were discharged on Wednesday. Chief medical officer RC Pandey said, “The current sample positivity rate has reduced to 2.45%. So far, 9,704 people have been cured of the infection. People who have come in contact with Covid patients are being screened. Random testing is being conducted in different parts of the city."
Meanwhile, the district administration has constituted a special team to identify those who recently travelled to the United Kingdom. All such people will be tested. Their samples will be sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for detection of a new strain of the virus, as reported in the UK.