Pratapgarh, Kaushambi report four corona cases

Prayagraj: The neighbouring districts of Pratapgarh and Kaushambi on Wednesday evening reported four coronavirus cases. While three cases were found in Pratapgarh, a second case was found in Kaushambi after a 21year-old from Kada of the district had tested positive for the infection.
Three Tablighi Jamaat members aged about 50, 27 and 35 years, who had attended Nizamuddin conference in Delhi and returned to Pratapgarh on March 13, have tested positive for coronavirus.SP (Pratapgarh) Abhishek Singh confirmed to TOI that three Tablighi Jamaat members were tested positive for Covid-19 infection on Wednesday. He said that the samples were sent to SGPGI, Lucknow for testing on Tuesday and lab results declared them positive on Wednesday.
In Kaushambi, the youth was immediately shifted from to Kotwa (Prayagraj) and admitted to Kovid Level One hospital for treatment and has been quarantined.
District Magistrate, Kaushambi, Manish Kumar Verma told TOI that the youth, who tested positive on Wednesday, had returned from Haryana last week and was in touch with the 22-year-old youth who was tested positive on Monday.
He added the officials of the health department have sent a total of 12 samples to KGMU, Lucknow. However, 11 out of 12 samples were tested negative while one was tested positive.