This story is from September 17, 2021

Eight more test Covid positive in Lucknow, no recovery in 24 hours

Eight more persons tested Covid-19 positive in the city on Thursday. They included three family members of the man who had tested positive for the infection after returning from Dubai.
Eight more test Covid positive in Lucknow, no recovery in 24 hours
As no patient recovered in the past 24 hours, the number of active cases rose to 23. (Image used for representational purpose only)
LUCKNOW: Eight more persons tested Covid-19 positive in the city on Thursday. They included three family members of the man who had tested positive for the infection after returning from Dubai.
As no patient recovered in the past 24 hours, the number of active cases rose to 23.
Health officers said all the contacts of the Jankipuram resident, who recently visited Dubai, were tested after he came positive on September 12.
The test reports of the man’s two children and a relative have come positive.
Three persons of another family, residents of Gomtinagar, also tested Covid positive. One of them had recently travelled to Bangalore and got himself and other family members tested after developing symptoms.
Besides, an Army jawan who came to the Command Hospital for a hand surgery also tested positive. The eighth person who was diagnosed with the disease was a man who visited Meerut recently, said officers.
Meanwhile, the RT-PCR test report of 50 CRPF jawans posted at Bijnor camps came negative on Thursday. These jawans were tested after two of their colleagues were found to be infected. The test report of 40 other jawans will come on Friday.
Deputy CMO Dr Milind Vardhan said, “We have increased random sampling at airports, bus stands and railway stations.”
Just 5,806 jabbed due to heavy rain
Only 5,806 people came for Covid vaccinations on Thursday due to heavy rainfall. Till now, 32.4 lakh doses have been administered vaccine in the district. While 13.9 lakh persons have taken a single shot, 9.2 lakh have completed the two-dose course.
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