This story is from October 8, 2020

Prayagraj beats Kaushambi, Pratapgarh in recovery rate

Officials of Prayagraj district health department can heave a sigh of relief after the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients in the Sangam City has locked a higher recovery rate at 93.28 percent leaving Kaushambi and Pratapgarh far behind.
Prayagraj beats Kaushambi, Pratapgarh in recovery rate
PRAYAGRAJ: Officials of Prayagraj district health department can heave a sigh of relief after the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients in the Sangam City has locked a higher recovery rate at 93.28 percent leaving Kaushambi and Pratapgarh far behind.
The Pratapgarh and Kaushambi district has currently recorded 82 and 89 percent recovery rate respectively. As many as 18,122 out of 19,427 patients have recovered from Covid-19 in Prayagraj district till Tuesday setting a record achievement for the district health authorities.
Additional Director (Health) Dr Sudhakar Pandey told TOI that the recovery rate of Prayagraj district has improved in last week of September month and now it has crossed 93 % mark in the first week of October. He added that the number of patients cured and discharged has gone up remarkably against new cases reported in the city in last fortnight.
The Sangam City has 2,013 active cases by Tuesday. Dr.Pandey said, “On September 1, the tally of Covid-19 cases was over 10,000, while the number of recoveries was 7,386, which shows recovery 73 percent. However, things started improving more in September second week and the recovery rate on October 1 was 84 percent. He claimed, “On October 1, the tally of Covid -19 patients was 19,499 while the number of recoveries was 16,406”. Health department statistics also revealed that Sangam City had recorded a spurt in Covid-19 cases June onwards. Till May 31, there were only 87 cases and three in the city. In over a month, the number of covid patients had risen by 199 to 286 patients along with eight deaths. The statistics also showed that July and August recorded 2,142 and 7,540 cases respectively.
By August 31, the cases of Covid-19 cases continued to rise and took the tally to 9,668. On September 1, the caseload crossed the 10,000-mark. Between September 1-30, over 9,000 more residents were diagnosed with the infection in the city. On Tuesday itself (October 6), a total of 148 cases of Covid-19 were reported whereas 220 patients have cured and recovered. Data also claimed that while 4836 patients have cured and discharged, as many as 13,286 patients have cured and completed their home isolation till Tuesday.
Moreover, Pratapgarh and Kaushambi have 317 and 152 active cases respectively. In Pratapgarh, 3,906 Covid-19 cases were recorded till Tuesday. Of these, 3,204 patients have recovered. Of the 1,607 patients diagnosed in Kaushambi, 1,432 had recovered till Tuesday. While Sangam City reported 278 deaths so far ( till Tuesday), Pratapgarh and Kaushambi districts have also reported 42 and 23 deaths respectively in same period.
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