This story is from June 10, 2020

Corona graph continues to rise in Jaunpur, crosses 350 mark

Corona graph continues to rise in Jaunpur, crosses 350 mark
Varanasi: After Tuesday’s figure of 44, Jaunpur witnessed detection of 24 more Covid-19 positive cases till Wednesday afternoon.
The newly detected cases took the total figure of Covid-19 cases in the district up to 353 by Wednesday afternoon.
Chief medical officer Jaunpur Dr Ramji Pandey the reports of lab test received by the district administration till Wednesday afternoon confirmed 24 new Covid-19 positive cases.
Earlier, on Tuesday a total of 44 persons were reported Covid-19 positive in a single day in Jaunpur, he added.
The total tally of Jaunpur has reached to 353 of which 154 have become cured so far while three had died in past. The CMO said that currently 166 patients are in active category of which 163 are being treated in Jaunpur while three are admitted in Varanasi. Among 24 positive cases which came to light on Wednesday, he said, 17 are from Barsathi area only. All the persons tested corona positive on Wednesday are migrants.
Jaunpur had become the first east UP district to cross the mark of 300 in Covid-19 tally followed by Varanasi with 246 Covid tally. There were only 17 cases detected from March till May 17 in Jaunpur but the numbers started rising after that and in past 23 days the figures reached over 350.
Officials claim that return of above 2.34 lakh migrants in Jaunpur from Mumbai, Gujarat, Delhi, NCR and Gulf countries is the reason behind the sharp increasing graph of the epidemic in the district as majority of infected persons came to light in past three weeks are migrants.
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