LUCKNOW: In the biggest single-day spike this year, 237 more persons, including 11 healthcare workers, tested Covid-19 positive on Thursday. The disease also claimed a life, taking the city toll to 1,197.
Highest 22 cases were recorded in Alambagh, followed by Indiranagar 18, Mahanagar and Gomtinagar 11 each, Madiaon 9 and Hasanganj 8.
A school in Mahanagar was closed for sanitisation by the district administration after it came to know that a student and a teacher had tested positive recently. “Rapid antigen tests of employees, including teachers done on the spot, came negative. The step was taken as a precautionary measure though the school authorities said that both patients were not coming to the campus for the past several days,” said an officer.
The headquarters of North Eastern Railway, Lucknow, was also sanitised after two officers tested positive. Their close contacts are also being tested. Several areas in the city, including a lane in Narhi and a building in Mall Avenue, was converted into contained zone after cases were detected from these localities.
The city’s tally has reached 83,524, of which 80,970 (96.9%) patients, including 31 on Thursday, have recovered.