Corona snuffs out 7 more lives, Lucknow toll reaches 72

LUCKNOW: Seven more patients lost battle with Covid-19 in the city on Friday. This was the city’s biggest single-day Covid toll. It was also highest death toll in the state along with Kanpur.
The city causalities reached 72 since March, including 52 deaths in July so far at the rate of one death every 11 hours. All the deceased, including four women, were above 50 years and admitted to hospitals in the late stage of the disease with ‘critically damaged lungs’.
King George's Medical University witnessed three deaths due to cardiopulmonary failure caused by the infection.
The first death was of a 63-year-old woman from Para, who also had diabetes, and was admitted with complaint of breathlessness on July 21, said KGMU spokesperson Dr Sudhir Singh.
It was followed by the death of a 54-year-old woman from Kaiserbagh who also had gastroenteritis, besides damaged lungs. Later, a 54-year-old man from Alamnagar also died. He was admitted on July 22 and had high blood pressure, diabetes and coronary artery disease, Singh said. Chandan Hospital on Faizabad Road witnessed death of 61-year-old woman from Aliganj.“She was referred to the in a critical condition on Wednesday,” said Farooq Ansari, medical director of the hospital.
At Era’s Lucknow Medical College , a 50-year-old man from Faizabad Road, who was also diabetic, died due to respiratory failure. “Patient was brought in a critical state”, said medical college principal MM Faridi.
Two casualties — a 57-year-old woman from Alambagh and 64-year-old man from Lalkuan — were reported from Lok Bandhu hospital. Besides, two patients from other districts also died in Lucknow hospitals. A 78-year-old Covid-19 patient from Gorakhpur died in KGMU, while a 47-year-old man from Bahraich. Both died within after after admission.