Infected BHU scientist’s father, son test +ve

Varanasi: Varanasi recorded three new COVID-19 positive cases on Sunday with the arrival of test reports from KGMU, Lucknow.
The new cases include one-year-old son and 66-year-old father of the infected lab scientist of BHU’s Covid lab, residents of Bagbariyar Singh locality of Chetanganj area, and a 75-year-old man from Madanpura hotspot, who had been in contact with an infected attendee of Tablighi Jamaat event held in Delhi.
The district’s tally of positive cases now stands at 64, out of which one had died on April 3 and 13 had been cured. Total number of active cases undergoing treatment are 50.
Number of hotspot areas reduced from 25 to 22 in the district after the exclusion of Lohta, Bajardiha and Gangapur areas from this list.
DM Kaushal Raj Sharma said, “Apart from three new positive cases, second test reports of two already infected persons were also found positive. These two persons are also contacts of infected Tablighi Jamaat attendees.”
“The 75-year-old man from Madanpura hotspot who tested positive on Sunday, remained in contact with an infected Tablighi Jamaat attendee from Karnataka. The total number of infected Tablighi Jamaat attendees and people who contracted the virus from them reached to 18 in the district,” Sharma added.
Second test reports of four infected persons including three in contact with positive Tablighi Jamaat attendees, and one from Pandey Haveli area were found to be negative on Sunday. All the four were discharged from the hospital, said the DM adding, they all belonged to Madanpura hotspot area.
“Despite the negative second report, those three persons who came in contact with infected Tablighi Jamaat attendees, will be kept under quarantine in Shivpur area as a precautionary measure,” added Sharma.