Kanpur: Sudden spurt in Covid cases, 21 test positive

KANPUR: After a steep decline to zero cases recorded on July 25, the city witnessed a spurt in Covid-19 cases on Wednesday with 21 persons found infected.
On June 4, the city recorded 26 Covid cases and since then count has been on decline bringing relief to the administration andhealth authorities.
For the first time in July, new Covid cases have been recorded in double digit. In first 27 days of July, little over 80 Covid cases have been recorded but Wednesday’s reported figures pushed the count of cases in the month beyond 100.
The sudden spurt in cases after nearly two months has left the district and health authorities shocked and the authorities. The active cases also rose steeply to 34 from 15 on Wednesday.
New Covid cases were reported from Kidwai Nagar, Kalyanpur, Sharda Nagar, Barra, Rawatpur, Chamanganj, Govind Nagar, Jarauli, Ghatampur, Civil Lines, Sajeti, Juhi, Babupurwa, Munshipurwa, Colonelganj, Medical College Campus and Kanpur University.
The Covid tally in the district has now reached 82,868 of which 1,904 have died.