Contact of Pilibhit patient is new Covid-19 case in UP, tally 38

LUCKNOW: A woman who came in contact of a coronavirus positive patient in UP’s Pilibhit also tested positive to the infection on Friday morning.
The new case took UP’s tally to 38 even as the number of suspected cases continued to swell. According to officials, as many as 73 suspected patients were admitted to different hospitals in the state.
Sharing details about the case, state surveillance officer, UP Dr Vikasendu Agarwal said: “The new patient was already under suspicion and was already admitted to the hospital.”
As per the official coronavirus bulletin, coronavirus positive cases have been found in eleven districts of the state.Noida leads the state tally with 11 cases followed by Agra and Lucknow where eight cases each have been recorded.
Ghaziabad with three cases and Pilibhit with two cases bag the third and fourth places. Lakhimpur Kheri, Moradabad, Varanasi, Kanpur, Jaunpur and Shamli have recorded one case each.
Meanwhile, testing of coronavirus suspected cases has picked up in the state. The total number of samples sent for coronavirus testing in the state stood at 85.
Health officials also said that over 3,445 travellers from listed countries and 1,707 contacts of positive cases were being tracked by surveillance teams as on date. They claimed that all these patients were stable.
Principal Secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad said that eleven of the 38 patients in UP have been discharged. “As many as four patients, who have recovered from the infection, may be discharged in a day or two. We are waiting for confirmatory tests,” he said.
He also said that workers who have returned to their homes have also been asked to stay at their homes for at least 15 days.
“The state government has contacted village heads to keep tab of people who have returned to their homes in the past one week and advise them to stay isolated for 15 days. They have been told to contact the UP CM helpline 1076 in case they suspect corona symptoms in any person,” Prasad stated.
The health secretary also informed that a three level management plan is being rolled out to treat patients of coronavirus. The others would be sent to state medical colleges and district hospitals at level two. Critical cases will be sent to level three centres like SGPGI and KGMU Lucknow and LLRM Meerut.