Two new Covid cases reported in Kanpur

KANPUR: For the first time in past many weeks, active cases slipped below 20 mark. On Saturday evening there were only 18 active cases in the district. Nine Covid positive patients recovered and brought down the total of active cases below 20. On Friday, active cases were 25 and 13 persons had recovered. On Thursday, there were 28 active cases.Health department informed that there will be no vaccination drive on Sunday.
On Saturday, only two people tested positive. These new cases were identified from Ratanpur and Tulsi Vihar. A total of 82,888 people have tested positive in the industrial city in past one and a half years. In last one and a half years 1904 people have succumbed to Covid. Of 1904 deaths, 1054 people died this year between April and June when the second wave of Corona was at its peak. Remaining 850 persons died between March 2020 and April 1, 2021.The health department continues to ramp up the testing to identify people having symptoms for Covid. Even now when the Covid wave has subsided, over 7,000 samples are being collected on a daily basis.
While 7,888 samples were collected on Thursday, 7,697 samples were taken on Friday and on Saturday, 7,434 samples were collected for conducting Covid test.