Gorakhpur: A 57-year-old man died of coronavirus infection at BRD Medical College and 927 new Covid-19 positive cases were detected taking the Covid graph higher in Gorakhpur on Thursday.
The Covid tally of the district increased to 26,614 till Thursday evening of which 21,835 were discharged after being declared cured. At present there are 4,401 active positive cases in Gorakhpur. Total number of deaths reported due to Covid till Wednesday evening was 378 and a person died in the past 24 hours on Thursday.
Around 517 active cases were reported in urban areas of the district and 345 cases in rural areas and 65 cases in other areas.
Meanwhile, a total 1,233 people were vaccinated at booth number 19 on Thursday. First dose of the vaccine was given to 1,039 while 194 received second dose of the vaccine.