7 more die of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh, total cases rise to 7,071

Seven more people died of coronavirus in Uttar Presh on Thursday, while 80 fresh cases pushed total number of COVID-19 cases in state to 7,071, officials said. With seven more fatalities, total number of deaths due to COVID-19 in state has reached 189.

" total number of cases reported so far are 7,071, including 4,062 who have been treated and discharged and re are 2,820 active cases. death toll in state has reached 189," Principal Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Pras told reporters here.

According to health department, among seven fresh deaths, five were from Agra and one each from Jalaun and Kushinagar.

Till Wednesday, of 182 deaths reported, maximum 33 were from Agra, 23 from Meerut, 15 from Aligarh, 11 each from Kanpur and Morab, nine from Firozab, six from Sant Kabir Nagar, five each in Gautam Buddh Nagar and Gorakhpur and four each from Jhansi, Mathura and Varanasi.

Apart from that, three deaths each were from Ghaziab, Basti, Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Etah and Ayodhya and two each from Jaunpur, Luckw, Bulandshahr, Bijr, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Ambedkar Nagar, Chitrakoot, Mainpuri and Jalaun.

Besides se, one death each has been reported from Barabanki, Hapur, Siddharth Nagar, Raebareli, Amroha, Muzaffarnagar, Etawah, Mahrajganj, Shravasti, Unnao, Kanpur Dehat, Kushinagar, Mahoba and Lalitpur.

Pras said samples of 7,923 samples have been sent for testing on Wednesday. "Health workers have surveyed over 10 lakh migrant labourers and 959 have shown symptoms of coronavirus," he said.

"We are emphasising on surveillance and over 3.74 crore people have been surveyed by 94,856 teams in Uttar Presh," he said. Pras said Centre's Aarogya Setu mobile application is being used and alerts are being sent to people.

"We have me 28,054 calls on basis of alerts generated by mobile app. Of m, 104 are positive and are undergoing treatment at various hospitals while 49 were treated and discharged. Among those called, 1,248 are in quarantine," he said. He said pulse oximeter machines have arrived in state and will be given at every quarantine centres.

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