Recovered Covid patients exceed active cases in Prayagraj

Prayagraj: The number of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in Prayagraj who have recovered and been discharged from hospitals now exceed the number of active cases in the district, as per the data released by the health department on Sunday.
According to the data, the number of recovered patients exceeded active cases by 115 on Saturday. Prayagraj currently has 67 active Covid-19 cases and 182 patients have recovered till now.
Of these, 13 patients, including a nonagenarian, have recovered and been discharged from hospital in the past 24 hours.
In Prayagraj, 257 patients have been diagnosed with the disease till June 27, of which 182 have recovered and discharged from hospitals.
The city recorded eight deaths due to novel coronavirus so far.
The district administration has collected around 18,000 samples from different parts of the city so far.
Nodal officer and additional chief medical officer Dr Rishi Sahai said, “Strong determination and a positive approach along with precise treatment has helped Covid-19 patients recover. There are at least two instance where patients above 85 years of age have recovered.”
He added that a 90-year-old woman, who lives on Bharti Bhawan Road, recovered and was discharged from SRN Level Three Hospital. Despite being a comorbid, the nonagenarian patients managed to pull through without losing courage, he added.
Sahai said “Over 180 patients from different age groups — 11 patients up to 10 years of age, 21 patients from 11 to 20 years, 96 patients from 21 to 40 years, 41 from 41 to 60 years and 13 patients above 60 years — have won the battle against novel coronavirus in the past three months.
The first Covid-19 case in Prayagraj was reported on April 5, when a 35-year-old Indonesian who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in New Delhi tested Covid-19 positive. The foreign national had attended the congregation in Delhi on March 12-13 and arrived in the city on March 22.
A few days later, the rate of increase in Covid-19 cases decreased and Prayagraj was even declared a green zone on April 23, until two days later three new cases were reported from the city on april 25.
The number of Prayagraj residents getting infected with the disease started increasing towards April-end and crossed the 200-mark on June 23.However, the recovery rate has also increased gracefully and crossed 70 percent.
Moreover, eight people have died so far due to Covid-19 infection in city. The city reported first death related to coronavirus infection on May 5 when a 47-year-old engineer lost the battle against the disease. Doctors said that majority of those who lost battle against Covid-19 had respiratory problems and other pre-existing medical conditions.